Emma Yeomans
@yeomans.bsky.social
News reporter at The Times. Migration, security and all things maritime. Prior winner, Paul Foot Award, 30Under30 etc. Want to talk stories? DM or use yeomans.97 on Signal
A very important post in a good thread.
Nadine Batchelor-Hunt@nadinebh.bsky.social · 23h agoBlack students - particularly black Caribbean students (particularly mixed black-white Caribbean) had the worst outcomes at Cambridge, and the lack of black professors not just at Cambridge but across UK academia were very shocking As was the qualitative research I got from fellow students
Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
Calls for the Office for Students to investigate Liverpool John Moores University, after it passed Jason Arday's PhD thesis despite plagiarism and the thesis being 38,000 words over word count. He says received just one supervision in 2.5 years. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Cambridge academic loses backing over plagiarism claims
The president of Wolfson College has withdrawn her support for Jason Arday after he was accused of copying work in his PhD thesis
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We put fresh findings of research discrepancies to Professor Jason Arday. He agreed to an interview, telling his side for the first time. “It’s soul-destroying because I’ve done everything I can to try and do the best I can," he said. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Jason Arday: I am not a liar, says star academic accused of plagiarism
The youngest ever black professor at Cambridge University claims allegations he is a fraud are cruel, racially motivated and do not account for his autism
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++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.
The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
ALT: The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
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This is precisely what I have been worried about - it was only a matter of time. Lives doubtless lost and an environmental catastrophe. en.mehrnews.com/news/246547/...
Oil tanker explodes in Hormuz Strait after hitting mine
TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – An oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, which had turned off its radar system, exploded after hitting a mine in the Strait of Hormuz.
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As much as I love a Mediterranean holiday, British seaside parks are not meant to look like southern Italy. One hour of 10% rain forecast tomorrow, then another week of hot sun.
The Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex at Robledo de Chavela municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain on fire. Burgohondo wildfire. 📷 via Infues Avila
If you haven't watched this, it is my favourite thing made so far in 2026. RIP Graceland, you'll never survive this
Will Harris@sandwichpick.bsky.social · 3w agoThe perfect parody doesn't exis-
Been on the apocalypse beat this week. Surveying English and Welsh fire services, we count 250+ significant wildfires in the first two weeks of July, destroying thousands of acres: www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
How a ‘firewave’ gripped Britain with 250 blazes burning
An exceptionally hot, dry summer has turned the country into a ‘tinderbox’ as fire crews tackle dozens of incidents a day
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Wonderful. I love them. So special that Bellingham allowed Saka to take the penalty for his hat trick and then scored that last minute beauty anyway! ❤️
This is a fascinating read about a very Instagram-friendly organisation that may not be what it says on the tin.
David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 3w agoWhen I was writing this piece about the Ocean Cleanup, I had a surreal experience: They assured me that they only kill invasive species, and sent me a published paper to demonstrate that. But the paper said the opposite! I wonder how many journalists just took their word for it and didn't check?
Ann Widdecombe murder suspect ‘drove 300 miles with ‘’foot-long" stick’ www.thetimes.com/article/3dce...
Ann Widdecombe murder suspect ‘drove 300 miles with ‘’foot-long stick’
Police said they were not looking for any other suspects after the arrest of 28-year-old man in Rotherham, South Yorkshire
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How sad. Lord Tony Christopher, an RAF pilot from 1944-1948, lifelong trade unionist and at one point the oldest sitting Parliamentarian, dies age 101.
A very happy evening to the Norwegian guy I met in a hostel and haven't spoken to in 3 years, who just texted me this video with the caption "we've still got a bigger alphabet" youtu.be/f488uJAQgmw?...
Kollektivet: Music Video - ÆØÅ (Size Matters)
YouTube video by KollektivetTV2
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"Emma, can you write us a profile of Binface?" I've never been happier in my job.
Emma Yeomans@yeomans.bsky.social · 4w agoEight years in national journalism and I always lamented that I never got a true silly season. 2026 delivers.
Today's best bit of news from Nato - Erdogan gave the other leaders each a revolver engraved with their name and a box of live rounds. But Starmer has had to leave his in Turkey to be decommissioned because, while Erdogan gave him a note waiving export controls, it's illegal to import into the UK.
🇭🇺📺 Hungary’s state propaganda media went off air as Péter Magyar’s government appointed temporary leadership. Orbán-era propagandists were fired, and M1, the main news channel, is now airing an apology for lying for 15 years. Simply beautiful. (Translated with Google Lens.)
Rachel gives a fantastic summary of what graduates are up against here:
Rachel Cunliffe@rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 4w agoSo it turns out the "contract" teenagers signed for their student loans wasn't actually a contract at all, the government always had the right to retrospectively change the terms, and at no point was this explained to those taking out the loans... www.newstatesman.com/politics/edu...
As a kid our schools shut the day after Bonfire Night, since everyone aged 4+ would be up to silly hours. Then a new headteacher axed the policy. Parents were upset, saying we'd all be too tired to learn. But it was the best day of the year, everyone tired, excited and swapping bonfire stories.
Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social · last mo.Fair play to education minister Olivia Blake, on the morning broadcast round, whose advice to knackered school kids was basically: there will be plenty of days when you have a job and are really not up to it but have to struggle in, so consider today training for that.
18 months living in Brighton and I finally got christened (seagull landed on my head and took a sandwich out my hands)
The kind of analysis all news stories need. Can we get a child to explain this? How about a labrador?
Oil tanker Progress is no longer making any. Stopped of Denmark, no sign on AIS of anyone trying to stop it though...?
