Italian divers have retrieved the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, who was the last person still unaccounted for after the family’s luxury yacht sank this week off Sicily. Seven people, including Lynch himself, died when the 56-metre-long (184-foot) sail boat, the Bayesian, capsized during a fierce, pre-dawn storm on Monday...
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UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch missing, 1 dead after yacht sinks off Sicily
The names of the dead and missing were not immediately released, but a person familiar with the rescue operation confirmed that Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, were not accounted for. Among the missing and feared dead were Lynch’s lawyer Christopher Morvillo and Morvillo’s wife, according to a colleague. Italian media said the dead man...
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AI can improve work life and boost economy, Google UK boss says
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Brexit isn’t working and Britain needs a new deal, business leader warns
Brexit is not working for UK businesses and the Government needs to “stop treading on eggshells around trade with the EU” if it wants to grow the UK economy, the leader of British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) will warn on Thursday. Shevaun Haviland, the director-general of the BCC, is expected to call for better relations...
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Spies, trade and tech: China’s relationship with Britain
WHEN JOHN Le Carré joined MI5, Britain’s domestic security service, in the 1950s, long before finding fame as a spy novelist, his first job was not hunting the KGB. He was given the humdrum task of monitoring Commonwealth students in London. Chinese spies were thought to be using ethnically Chinese Singaporean and Malay students to...
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GB News set to axe 40 jobs after channel posts heavy losses
GB News has announced a round of redundancies with 40 jobs set to be lost at the broadcaster amid mounting losses, it’s reported. The job cuts come after the channel posted a pre-tax operating loss of £42.4m for the year to the end of May, 2023, up from £30.7m in the previous 12 months. GB...
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Australia earmarks billions for naval infrastructure as BAE wins AUKUS submarine work
Australia said Thursday it would spend billions on docks, shipyards and factories at home and in Britain for nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS security pact, and named Britain’s BAE Systems to help build the boats. The AUKUS agreement among Australia, Britain and the United States will see Australia buy up to five nuclear submarines from...