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.
Want to talk stories? DM or use yeomans.81 on Signal.
The app is programmed to match this frame on my leg, and tells me how far I have to move tiny dials on the side each day to rotate the bone just over one degree, until my foot, knee and hip are in line.
October 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The app is programmed to match this frame on my leg, and tells me how far I have to move tiny dials on the side each day to rotate the bone just over one degree, until my foot, knee and hip are in line.
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:
The most romantic spot in London, the aesthetics of a mid-tier hotel breakfast room
September 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The most romantic spot in London, the aesthetics of a mid-tier hotel breakfast room
The terminology is genuinely difficult, but this tale from BIRN of an Indian man who tried to come to the EU via Serbia (though not Britain) is a great example of how diverse the journeys and reasons are.
September 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The terminology is genuinely difficult, but this tale from BIRN of an Indian man who tried to come to the EU via Serbia (though not Britain) is a great example of how diverse the journeys and reasons are.
Now France is amending its legal framework to allow officers to carry out aggressive pushbacks in the channel. Here's what it's like to be on the receiving end of the police aggression:
September 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Now France is amending its legal framework to allow officers to carry out aggressive pushbacks in the channel. Here's what it's like to be on the receiving end of the police aggression:
This investigation with @lighthousereports.com @maudjullien.bsky.social @tomasstatius.bsky.social will raise huge questions for France and Britain.
First, will Britain still urge France to intervene at sea knowing France's actions elsewhere have been deadly?
First, will Britain still urge France to intervene at sea knowing France's actions elsewhere have been deadly?
September 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This investigation with @lighthousereports.com @maudjullien.bsky.social @tomasstatius.bsky.social will raise huge questions for France and Britain.
First, will Britain still urge France to intervene at sea knowing France's actions elsewhere have been deadly?
First, will Britain still urge France to intervene at sea knowing France's actions elsewhere have been deadly?
French police have stepped up the raids on the camps, with 23 so far this year compared to 16 all last year. Tents get destroyed but people stay as they have few choices. The atmosphere darkens: we visited after the raid today but were asked to leave by migrants and accused of working for police.
August 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
French police have stepped up the raids on the camps, with 23 so far this year compared to 16 all last year. Tents get destroyed but people stay as they have few choices. The atmosphere darkens: we visited after the raid today but were asked to leave by migrants and accused of working for police.
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...
You've jinxed our lovely sunshine week 😠
June 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
You've jinxed our lovely sunshine week 😠
Heli-transfer from Bath to Glastonbury. A 25-mile journey.
June 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Heli-transfer from Bath to Glastonbury. A 25-mile journey.
This lad's on his second run of the day. The choppers just keep coming.
June 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This lad's on his second run of the day. The choppers just keep coming.
The Glastonbury run: for all the talk of an eco-festival, right this minute ere are at least 10 helicopters airborne dropping people to and from Glasto.
June 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The Glastonbury run: for all the talk of an eco-festival, right this minute ere are at least 10 helicopters airborne dropping people to and from Glasto.
One last post about this trip.
Mariam, the Afghan teenager, spoke excellent English and when I complimented her on it, she wanted to talk about how other Afghan girls couldn't learn English anymore. She wanted me to know that she was "mad about England".
Pic by Vicki Couchman
Mariam, the Afghan teenager, spoke excellent English and when I complimented her on it, she wanted to talk about how other Afghan girls couldn't learn English anymore. She wanted me to know that she was "mad about England".
Pic by Vicki Couchman
June 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
One last post about this trip.
Mariam, the Afghan teenager, spoke excellent English and when I complimented her on it, she wanted to talk about how other Afghan girls couldn't learn English anymore. She wanted me to know that she was "mad about England".
Pic by Vicki Couchman
Mariam, the Afghan teenager, spoke excellent English and when I complimented her on it, she wanted to talk about how other Afghan girls couldn't learn English anymore. She wanted me to know that she was "mad about England".
Pic by Vicki Couchman
Smugglers have found new tactics, in which migrants wait in the water for a 'taxi boat' launched somewhere quiet to pick them up. Sometimes it makes multiple pickups. The cost falls on parents, women, children and elderly, who struggle to scramble in:
June 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Smugglers have found new tactics, in which migrants wait in the water for a 'taxi boat' launched somewhere quiet to pick them up. Sometimes it makes multiple pickups. The cost falls on parents, women, children and elderly, who struggle to scramble in:
Teargassed, hit with batons, capsized, rescued: Yusuf Abdulrashidh's four attempts to cross the English Channel show just how much risk asylum seekers will take to make the small boat crossing.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
June 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Teargassed, hit with batons, capsized, rescued: Yusuf Abdulrashidh's four attempts to cross the English Channel show just how much risk asylum seekers will take to make the small boat crossing.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Calais. Mothers, fathers and children left behind, police teargassing asylum seekers.
June 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Calais. Mothers, fathers and children left behind, police teargassing asylum seekers.
I clicked the bio link to his "genetics-aware mate finding service" and it doesn't get more normal
June 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I clicked the bio link to his "genetics-aware mate finding service" and it doesn't get more normal
Utterly delightful line in this story by @constancekampfner.bsky.social
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www.thetimes.com/uk/history/a...
May 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Utterly delightful line in this story by @constancekampfner.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/history/a...
www.thetimes.com/uk/history/a...
Today, I got the worst pun I have ever written into the paper of record. Your applause, please.
May 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Today, I got the worst pun I have ever written into the paper of record. Your applause, please.
Who will win: a large cargo ship travelling at speed vs one Norwegian man whistling
May 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Who will win: a large cargo ship travelling at speed vs one Norwegian man whistling
Lots of terrible things in the world, so I recommend distracting yourself with this excellent stuck ship story. Thanks to Norwegian local news, you can even watch the live camera feed of the, erm, stationary ship. It's quite soothing.
www.nrk.no/trondelag/ba...
h/t @dreadships.bsky.social
www.nrk.no/trondelag/ba...
h/t @dreadships.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Lots of terrible things in the world, so I recommend distracting yourself with this excellent stuck ship story. Thanks to Norwegian local news, you can even watch the live camera feed of the, erm, stationary ship. It's quite soothing.
www.nrk.no/trondelag/ba...
h/t @dreadships.bsky.social
www.nrk.no/trondelag/ba...
h/t @dreadships.bsky.social
Definitely the best name I've dropped in copy for a while
May 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Definitely the best name I've dropped in copy for a while
Fascinating line in the judgement. When told her sign had caused a complaint, Tossici-Bolt suggested an officer simply told the complainant they were wrong, and could not possibly have been upset by her.
April 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Fascinating line in the judgement. When told her sign had caused a complaint, Tossici-Bolt suggested an officer simply told the complainant they were wrong, and could not possibly have been upset by her.
Norwegian submarines among the Scottish Isles? That's not a vessel that appears on AIS very often...
March 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Norwegian submarines among the Scottish Isles? That's not a vessel that appears on AIS very often...
The Maia is believed to be carrying parts for a sanctioned Russian LNG project, sourced from China. US sanctions have frustrated Russia's efforts to source components for LNG terminals, and China fills the gap. From a fishing vessel, @charliehparker.bsky.social got a view of the cargo to identify it
March 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The Maia is believed to be carrying parts for a sanctioned Russian LNG project, sourced from China. US sanctions have frustrated Russia's efforts to source components for LNG terminals, and China fills the gap. From a fishing vessel, @charliehparker.bsky.social got a view of the cargo to identify it