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Izzy Lyons

@LyonsIzzy

News reporter, The Sunday Times | [email protected]

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Joined April 2015
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"The family believe the only reason much of the evidence about Hugo’s death has come to light is because they kept pushing for answers." thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…
My brother was strangled in a mental health unit. No one is safe

My brother was strangled in a mental health unit. No one is safe

The family of Hugo Flint Cahan, killed by a fellow NHS patient while a nursing assistant slept on duty, are fighting for answers after records were falsified

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A fundamental part of political reporting - approaching for comment before publishing - just totally breaks down if this is what happens. Bad for both sides: Will increase the chance of inaccuracies.
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@Gabriel_PogrundSep 11
The Sunday Times approached Nigel Farage and Reform about this story this morning. A confidential source told us that Delo, a crypto billionaire criminal pardoned by Trump, had given £35m to Reform. Now, as with other stories on Reform finances, it has been given elsewhere.
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Helen Lewis@helenlewisAug 11
It's good for a wider audience to see the bullshit you have to fend off to publish an investigative story in the UK. This letter is by turns wrong (cites appointments we now know Arday didn't have), emotionally manipulative (accuses the journo of being a racist) and menacing.
Dan Neidle (@DanNeidle) profile pictureDan Neidle
@DanNeidleAug 11
Why was the Jason Arday story broken by a racist blogger and not the mainstream press? Because Times Higher Education was intimidated off the story by a letter from notorious libel firm Carter-Ruck. I'm publishing the letter. Its central claim may be false.
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A mother of two, who died on the plane home from Cape Verde in 2024, kept a diary of her sickness whilst she was on holiday. Full story in today's ST @thetimes : thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…
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Is a fifth British tourist’s death linked to Cape Verde outbreak? thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…
Is a fifth British tourist’s death linked to Cape Verde outbreak?

Is a fifth British tourist’s death linked to Cape Verde outbreak?

A widow had no reason to suspect her husband died because of their holiday. Then she read our news report

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My colleagues @Gabriel_Pogrund and @HarryYorke1 are the best of The Sunday Times. Proud to work at a paper that calls this out. Labour activists paid for smear campaign against journalists thetimes.com/article/e5efccd…
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Harry Yorke@HarryYorke1Feb 14
Replying to @Gabriel_Pogrund
@Gabriel_Pogrund and I were the subject of a disgraceful smear campaign — just for doing our jobs I’m proud that The Sunday Times is calling it out on the front page tomorrow Labour activists paid for smear campaign against journalists thetimes.com/article/e5efccd…
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Shaun Lintern@ShaunLinternFeb 8
Doctor kept me on chemo for nearly a decade - Consultant Ian Brown faces claims he overtreated 40 people with drug meant for max 12 months. @LyonsIzzy reports for The Sunday Times: thetimes.com/article/372fdff…
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British tourists travelling to Cape Verde have been issued fresh advice by UK government following a Sunday Times investigation, which first revealed that four British tourists have died in recent months. Original story below:
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"What he went through in those last few hours, and his death, was horrendous. I will never get those images out of my head" Four Brits died in 13 weeks after falling ill on holiday in Cape Verde, a Sunday Times investigation has found W/ @dromomaniac thetimes.com/travel/destinat…
Four British deaths in three months: Cape Verde’s nightmare outbreak

Four British deaths in three months: Cape Verde’s nightmare outbreak

Each tourist died after falling ill on the islands, where one hospital was likened to a war zone

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"What he went through in those last few hours, and his death, was horrendous. I will never get those images out of my head" Four Brits died in 13 weeks after falling ill on holiday in Cape Verde, a Sunday Times investigation has found W/ @dromomaniac thetimes.com/travel/destinat…
Four British deaths in three months: Cape Verde’s nightmare outbreak

Four British deaths in three months: Cape Verde’s nightmare outbreak

Each tourist died after falling ill on the islands, where one hospital was likened to a war zone

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Some risked their lives to save others, some changed Britain for the better, others simply made us laugh during testing times. All deserve recognition 👇

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🗣️ "I was at both Manchester terror attacks — this time I got things right" Rescuers were criticised for their cautious response to the bombing in 2017. Last week, new terror training ensured they got it right, says one firefighter thetimes.com/uk/crime/articl…
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Tom Ludley, a firefighter on duty the night of the Manchester Arena bombing, also responded to the synagogue attack by pure chance. “I don’t know if it was fate that I was there but I’m glad I was able to put a lot of things right that I couldn’t before" thetimes.com/uk/crime/articl…
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Kate and Mark Szymankiewicz want no more children to suffer like their daughter, who died unsupervised and locked away from her doctor parents thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…
We had no say when they sectioned Ruth. She took her life at 14

We had no say when they sectioned Ruth. She took her life at 14

Kate and Mark Szymankiewicz want no more children to suffer like their daughter, who died unsupervised and locked away from her doctor parents

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“The one thing we think [would have helped her to] still be here was if she had access to us and to her family” The parents of Ruth Szymankiewicz spoke to the Sunday Times this week about the failures that led to their daughter's death. @thetimes thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…
We had no say when they sectioned Ruth. She took her life at 14

We had no say when they sectioned Ruth. She took her life at 14

Kate and Mark Szymankiewicz want no more children to suffer like their daughter, who died unsupervised and locked away from her doctor parents

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George Mann@sgfmann9 Aug 2025
The Sunday Times: Frantic Europe pushing fresh plan for Ukraine #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Hundreds of young Britons are being caught smuggling cannabis back from holidays, often with a street value of hundreds of thousands of pounds ⬇️ thetimes.com/uk/crime/articl…
How British tourists in Thailand are lured into drug trafficking

How British tourists in Thailand are lured into drug trafficking

Hundreds of young Britons are being caught smuggling cannabis back from holidays, often with a street value of hundreds of thousands of pounds

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Ed Halford@EdHalford13 Aug 2025
How British tourists in Thailand are lured into drug trafficking Great article by ⁦@LyonsIzzy⁩ in today’s ⁦@thetimes⁩ thetimes.com/article/89d7ac6…
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The High Court has ordered the MoD to hand over contact information for 11 soldiers suspected of fathering children in Kenya. While the case relates to 11 children, lawyers have told The Sunday Times “many more will follow”. Today's front page story: thetimes.com/uk/defence/arti…
British Army will tell Kenyan children their soldier fathers’ names

British Army will tell Kenyan children their soldier fathers’ names

A High Court judge granted a plea by 11 alleged offspring who believe they were abandoned by troops stationed in the country

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Sunday's TIMES: Gaza children to be flown in for NHS treatment #TomorrowsPapersToday
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