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News reporter, the Sunday Times https://www.thetimes.com/profile/izzy-lyons

375 Followers  |  250 Following  |  5 Posts  |  Joined: 21.01.2025  |  1.5031

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Surgeons accused of racism, bullying and toxic power struggle An investigation into the facial trauma unit at Barts Health NHS Trust says a corrosive culture of competition and bigotry led to patients being harmed

Inside a damning 200 page report on warring surgeons in Barts Health NHS Trust who accused each other of racism, homophobia, sexism and bullying.

One top surgeon is alleged to have said he “wanted to stab any homosexual”.

Exclusive w/ @ShaunLintern
www.thetimes.com/article/aa76...

23.02.2025 09:24 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Moths turned our £32m home into a scene from Alien

The seller of a Notting Hill mansion has been ordered to refund almost the entire sale price after the new owners found millions of insects in the walls, the ceiling — and their cereal

16.02.2025 08:31 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 7    📌 1
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Moths turned our £32m home into a scene from Alien The seller of a Notting Hill mansion has been ordered to refund almost the entire sale price after the new owners found millions of insects in the walls, the ceiling — and their cereal

This week, I interviewed Iya Patarkatsishvili and Dr Yevhen Hunyak inside their £32.5m moth-infested house after they sued the former owner and won.

‘Moths turned our £32m home into a scene from Alien’
www.thetimes.com/article/b8af...

16.02.2025 08:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hamas killed our girl and freed her friend. At last we have answers Gaya Halifa was shot dead fleeing the Nova festival on October 7, but Romi Gonen survived. After returning home, she has offered a grieving family closure

Hamas killed our girl and freed her friend. At last we have answers

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www.thetimes.com/article/099e...

08.02.2025 22:38 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Southport families: We’re looking for light in the darkness The parents of Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe want the world to know what they were like — their joy, jokes and dreams — as they relive that awful July day

Last week I sat down with the families of Bebe King,6, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, who lost their lives in the attack in Southport last year, to hear about their daughters, and why they were so loved.

This is their story -

www.thetimes.com/article/8f5e...

08.02.2025 18:08 — 👍 10    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 2
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EXCLUSIVE: Elsie Dot Stancombe and Bebe King were two children full of life and joy, before their deaths in the Southport attack.

Their parents speak out for the first time
www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...

08.02.2025 17:14 — 👍 22    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 4
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Revealed: Home Office report to expose fatal Southport errors Axel Rudakubana was referred to an anti-extremism programme three times but his obsession with mass shootings was dismissed as an ‘interest in world news’

… including how counter-terror cops thought he just “had an interest in world news and current affairs”

‘Case closed’: how Southport killer was left free to murder

www.thetimes.com/article/0077...

26.01.2025 08:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thursday’s sentencing was a struggle to sit through. The detail of the injuries was some of the worst evidence I, and many other journalists, have ever had to listen to in court.

Today, ST can reveal further details of how the authorities failed to stop Rudakubana 👇🏼

26.01.2025 08:28 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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‘Case closed’: how Southport killer was left free to murder

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Axel Rudakubana was referred to an anti-extremism programme three times but his obsession with mass shootings was dismissed as an ‘interest in world news’

25.01.2025 18:16 — 👍 16    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 2

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