Emma Yeomans
@yeomans.bsky.social
News reporter at The Times.
Prior winner, Paul Foot Award, 30Under30, and Year Six Drawing Prize.
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Prior winner, Paul Foot Award, 30Under30, and Year Six Drawing Prize.
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Emma Yeomans
@yeomans.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Hi. I'm Emma. I work for The Times, where I write about everything from criminal money to charity shops. I take particular interest in refugees and asylum, mis- and disinformation, and security. I'm late to Bluesky because I hate change, and now I want to introduce myself properly.
I've now finished the screw-turning and for the first time in my life have a matching pair of legs (one, albeit, still broken) 🥳 Happy Straight Leg Day to me!
Back home from hospital after having leg #2 reconstructed. Modern medicine is incredible. Tomorrow I start screw-turning on my fixator to pull the bone straight. I now have an app on my phone that includes a 3d model of my leg, animated to show how much straighter it is becoming:
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I've now finished the screw-turning and for the first time in my life have a matching pair of legs (one, albeit, still broken) 🥳 Happy Straight Leg Day to me!
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Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes
October 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes
Back home from hospital after having leg #2 reconstructed. Modern medicine is incredible. Tomorrow I start screw-turning on my fixator to pull the bone straight. I now have an app on my phone that includes a 3d model of my leg, animated to show how much straighter it is becoming:
October 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Back home from hospital after having leg #2 reconstructed. Modern medicine is incredible. Tomorrow I start screw-turning on my fixator to pull the bone straight. I now have an app on my phone that includes a 3d model of my leg, animated to show how much straighter it is becoming:
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Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
On Saturday, 52 people crossed the Channel in a single boat. Of them, only one was prosecuted for entering the UK illegally.
Why?
He was seen for a single minute with his hand on the boat's tiller.
My dispatch from the Kent courts on the migration frontline
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Why?
He was seen for a single minute with his hand on the boat's tiller.
My dispatch from the Kent courts on the migration frontline
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Why me? The small detail that could mean jail for migrants
Inside the Kent court where migrants who make the mistake of putting their hand on the tiller of their boat in the Channel are prosecuted — and the rest aren’t
www.thetimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
On Saturday, 52 people crossed the Channel in a single boat. Of them, only one was prosecuted for entering the UK illegally.
Why?
He was seen for a single minute with his hand on the boat's tiller.
My dispatch from the Kent courts on the migration frontline
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Why?
He was seen for a single minute with his hand on the boat's tiller.
My dispatch from the Kent courts on the migration frontline
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
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Farage asked on @lbc.co.uk whether he agreed with on the unproven link between paracetamol and autism
“I have no idea... We were told thalidomide was a v safe drug and it isn’t. who knows. I don’t know, you don’t know…when it comes to science I don’t side with anybody. It’s never settled.”
“I have no idea... We were told thalidomide was a v safe drug and it isn’t. who knows. I don’t know, you don’t know…when it comes to science I don’t side with anybody. It’s never settled.”
September 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Farage asked on @lbc.co.uk whether he agreed with on the unproven link between paracetamol and autism
“I have no idea... We were told thalidomide was a v safe drug and it isn’t. who knows. I don’t know, you don’t know…when it comes to science I don’t side with anybody. It’s never settled.”
“I have no idea... We were told thalidomide was a v safe drug and it isn’t. who knows. I don’t know, you don’t know…when it comes to science I don’t side with anybody. It’s never settled.”
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Meanwhile, back in the world of facts.
wmo.int/publication-...
wmo.int/publication-...
September 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Meanwhile, back in the world of facts.
wmo.int/publication-...
wmo.int/publication-...
I love this project
Check out @pa.nton.cx 's database of 'sketchy boats' here: sketchy.boats/about
sketchy.boats
Not saying this boat's shady. Just saying it ticks a lot of weird boxes. Sketchiness score inside.
sketchy.boats
September 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I love this project
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Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner!
“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
Double harvest: Vertical solar panels and crops thrive side by side
Imagine a field where solar panels and crops coexist—with no trade-off. It sounds like science fiction, but that's precisely what researchers from Aarhus University have now documented in a full-scale...
techxplore.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner!
“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
I've seen this sentiment around a bit today so a few notes from my reporting (thread):
- The person in question is Indian. He may have made an asylum claim, but has only a 2% chance of it being granted (and that rate is dropping as more claims are processed)
- The person in question is Indian. He may have made an asylum claim, but has only a 2% chance of it being granted (and that rate is dropping as more claims are processed)
Hmm I've just noticed all the media are using "migrant" rather than the accurate "asylum seeker"
BREAKING: The first migrant has now been deported under the government’s ‘one in one out’ deal with France.
The government has been scuppered by legal challenges in recent days, but the scheme has now officially begun.
The government has been scuppered by legal challenges in recent days, but the scheme has now officially begun.
September 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I've seen this sentiment around a bit today so a few notes from my reporting (thread):
- The person in question is Indian. He may have made an asylum claim, but has only a 2% chance of it being granted (and that rate is dropping as more claims are processed)
- The person in question is Indian. He may have made an asylum claim, but has only a 2% chance of it being granted (and that rate is dropping as more claims are processed)
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'don't kick Israel out of Eurovision, the arts aren't political' variety.com/2025/film/gl...
September 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
'don't kick Israel out of Eurovision, the arts aren't political' variety.com/2025/film/gl...
For years, the French government had maintained that intercepting boats at sea was illegal and dangerous.
But in the Indian Ocean, they've been doing just that, costing dozens of lives.
If these tactics were used in the Channel, it would risk hundreds of lives.
www.thetimes.com/article/46f9...
But in the Indian Ocean, they've been doing just that, costing dozens of lives.
If these tactics were used in the Channel, it would risk hundreds of lives.
www.thetimes.com/article/46f9...
French police ‘illegally ram migrant boats in overseas territory’
France has said it can’t intervene in the Channel but police routinely use deadly tactics to stop boats reaching the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, an investigation found
www.thetimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
For years, the French government had maintained that intercepting boats at sea was illegal and dangerous.
But in the Indian Ocean, they've been doing just that, costing dozens of lives.
If these tactics were used in the Channel, it would risk hundreds of lives.
www.thetimes.com/article/46f9...
But in the Indian Ocean, they've been doing just that, costing dozens of lives.
If these tactics were used in the Channel, it would risk hundreds of lives.
www.thetimes.com/article/46f9...
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NEW: French police have caused the deaths of dozens of people by intercepting small boats at sea
These violent tactics are deployed now off the French overseas island of Mayotte
Under pressure from the UK, France now plans to start intercepting boats in the Channel
This is where that could lead ⬇️
These violent tactics are deployed now off the French overseas island of Mayotte
Under pressure from the UK, France now plans to start intercepting boats in the Channel
This is where that could lead ⬇️
REVEALED: French police have caused dozens of drownings by violently intercepting small boats trying to reach overseas territory Mayotte.
Similar tactics are being proposed for the Channel, to try to stop people from reaching the UK.
Similar tactics are being proposed for the Channel, to try to stop people from reaching the UK.
September 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
NEW: French police have caused the deaths of dozens of people by intercepting small boats at sea
These violent tactics are deployed now off the French overseas island of Mayotte
Under pressure from the UK, France now plans to start intercepting boats in the Channel
This is where that could lead ⬇️
These violent tactics are deployed now off the French overseas island of Mayotte
Under pressure from the UK, France now plans to start intercepting boats in the Channel
This is where that could lead ⬇️
Do you walk near/swim in/sail on bodies of water? You could help map the world's microplastics in a pioneering new "CSI for the Ocean" project. I met the scientists behind it in Scotland, where they were sleuthing for plastic among the otters, seals and sharks.
www.thetimes.com/article/2854...
www.thetimes.com/article/2854...
Scientists need you to help map the world’s microplastics
A forensics professor has come up with a way to study and report microplastics using little more than a mobile phone
www.thetimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Do you walk near/swim in/sail on bodies of water? You could help map the world's microplastics in a pioneering new "CSI for the Ocean" project. I met the scientists behind it in Scotland, where they were sleuthing for plastic among the otters, seals and sharks.
www.thetimes.com/article/2854...
www.thetimes.com/article/2854...
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Eesh. Notts Reform leadership blacklisting both the local paper and the local democracy scheme that covers the council for the BBC. Don’t like this at all
www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-op...
www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-op...
Reform leader bans engagement with Notts Live in unprecedented step
All of Reform UK's Nottinghamshire county councillors will now refuse to speak to any of our journalists
www.nottinghampost.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Eesh. Notts Reform leadership blacklisting both the local paper and the local democracy scheme that covers the council for the BBC. Don’t like this at all
www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-op...
www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-op...
Under the UK's one in, one out deal asylum seekers can apply to come safely. But what happens while they wait? Police raids, wildfires, no food or sanitation in Grande-Synthe.
One Afghan told me: "It will damage our minds to wait & wait... why would we stay here?"
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
One Afghan told me: "It will damage our minds to wait & wait... why would we stay here?"
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
Desperate conditions in Dunkirk camp drive migrants to boats
People have no food, showers or toilets, and even violent raids by French police do not deter them from reaching the UK
www.thetimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Under the UK's one in, one out deal asylum seekers can apply to come safely. But what happens while they wait? Police raids, wildfires, no food or sanitation in Grande-Synthe.
One Afghan told me: "It will damage our minds to wait & wait... why would we stay here?"
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
One Afghan told me: "It will damage our minds to wait & wait... why would we stay here?"
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
The Labour government hopes the 'one in, one out' deal will stem the boats and give them an edge over Reform. For those sent back, we will take asylum seekers safely from France.
But in France, I met people who applied to come, heard nothing, and so boarded a boat
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
But in France, I met people who applied to come, heard nothing, and so boarded a boat
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Calais migrants board boats as one in, one out scheme goes silent
On the beaches of northern France, one Iranian who applied under the government scheme to enter the UK resorts to a small boat after not hearing back
www.thetimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Labour government hopes the 'one in, one out' deal will stem the boats and give them an edge over Reform. For those sent back, we will take asylum seekers safely from France.
But in France, I met people who applied to come, heard nothing, and so boarded a boat
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
But in France, I met people who applied to come, heard nothing, and so boarded a boat
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Letter of the day (in the Times)
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The victim-blaming logic for ChatGPT and related “AI” tools has already been established. When the technology puts people in danger, even deadly danger, folks will say it’s the user’s fault for trusting the technology—even as the media, the industry, workplaces and even schools encourage that trust
August 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The victim-blaming logic for ChatGPT and related “AI” tools has already been established. When the technology puts people in danger, even deadly danger, folks will say it’s the user’s fault for trusting the technology—even as the media, the industry, workplaces and even schools encourage that trust
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How are children raised on ChatGPT supposed to understand that it’s not trustworthy? How are people told it’s “artificial intelligence” supposed to believe it’s not intelligent? When your boss forces you to use it, how is it your fault for being susceptible to its intentionally manipulative design?
August 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
How are children raised on ChatGPT supposed to understand that it’s not trustworthy? How are people told it’s “artificial intelligence” supposed to believe it’s not intelligent? When your boss forces you to use it, how is it your fault for being susceptible to its intentionally manipulative design?
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This is such a good explanation of why different generations see past each other on money: martinrobbins.substack.com/p/waspinomic...
WASPInomics and the magic avocado tree
Why boomers struggle to make sense of the millennial world.
martinrobbins.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is such a good explanation of why different generations see past each other on money: martinrobbins.substack.com/p/waspinomic...
The most fun a girl can have reporting. With a particular shoutout to this wee legend:
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
July 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The most fun a girl can have reporting. With a particular shoutout to this wee legend:
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
The CHEERS in the pub when Agyemang came on 😭♥️
July 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The CHEERS in the pub when Agyemang came on 😭♥️
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I reported on famine in South Sudan in 2017, traveling to rebel-held territory in Unity state where tens of thousands of people were judged to be in "IPC5", which is to say, totally without food and on the verge of death.
In Gaza 244,000 people are now in that stage
In Gaza 244,000 people are now in that stage
All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.
July 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I reported on famine in South Sudan in 2017, traveling to rebel-held territory in Unity state where tens of thousands of people were judged to be in "IPC5", which is to say, totally without food and on the verge of death.
In Gaza 244,000 people are now in that stage
In Gaza 244,000 people are now in that stage
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Hungarian state police will question Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony as a suspect in connection with organizing June’s Pride rally, local media reported today.
Budapest mayor probed for organizing city’s banned Pride event
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán tried to have this year’s Budapest Pride cancelled, but Mayor Gergely Karácsony found a legal loophole to allow it to proceed.
www.politico.eu
July 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Hungarian state police will question Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony as a suspect in connection with organizing June’s Pride rally, local media reported today.