Rikki Loftus

journalist at @LADbibleGroup • NCTJ qualified • previously @PA and @HearstUK • @QUBelfast grad • views mine • email: [email protected] 🐝 she/her

[Rikki Loftus @rikkiloftus]

Making the jump over to Bluesky
You can follow me here ⬇️
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The UK social media ban brings in new protections for kids but appears to miss out one major safety concern - the children who appear in family vlog content

https://t.co/R9xaHHvxvD

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Off the back of my trip to Finland last week, here's all about my visit to Polar Night Energy's sand battery:
https://t.co/2xQ756nO3x

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And I even braved a dip in the Baltic Sea, which was... Well, bloody baltic!

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An incredible week spent in Helsinki kindly hosted by Business Finland where I got to watch Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen speak at the opening of the Millennium Technology Prize 2027 Award Cycle

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I spent time at ABB testing out its simulator used to train crew powering some of the world's largest cruise ships and popped in on IQM, who are building world-leading quantum computers

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@Weatherunited1 Hi David, writing from LADbible Group as we’re keen to include your video about the Godzilla El Nino on our UNILAD Tech website. Would you be happy with us embedding the video in our article, with full credit to yourself? Thanks, Rikki

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I had a great time at this year's MWC and I even caught a glimpse of King Felipe VI of Spain 👀

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@NekoMichiUBC writing from LADbible Group as we’re keen to cover your video about the iOS keyboard on our UNILAD Tech website. Would you be happy with us embedding the video in our article, with full credit to yourself? Thanks, Rikki

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@ValCamOfficial writing from LADbible Group in relation to public speculation that your images are AI-generated, for a piece we are working on. I was wondering if you would like to provide comment or response to this? Have DMed on Instagram. Thanks, Rikki

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Had a great evening last week at the launch celebration for the new @UKHonor Magic8 series

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I am delighted to have received the Content Champion Award from LADbible for summer 2025 - I’m privileged to work with a brilliant team and love the content I get to work on ☺️

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I’m looking to speak to an expert about Elon Musk's dreams of space colonisation - and the chances of us living on another planet in the near future. (to be published online for UNILAD Tech) Let me know if you can help! My email is in my bio 😊 #journorequest

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I’m looking to speak to an expert about the NASA breakthrough in extracting oxygen from simulated lunar soil - and what that might mean for the colonisation of other planets. (to be published online for UNILAD Tech) #journorequest

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@MattWallace1701 Hi Matt, I’m writing from LADbible Group after seeing your Cybertruck review video.
We’re interested in covering this video on our UNILAD Tech website and I was wondering if you are happy with us embedding it in our article, with full credit to yourself? 😊

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@EddDracott Thanks Edd

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Super excited to have joined @LADbibleGroup this week covering all things tech - my new email to reach me on is [email protected]

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@editorielle Thanks Bethany!

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@DesoDani Thanks Dani! Hopefully have a catch up in the not-so-distant future