Mike Lynch’s ex colleague and co-defendant in his US fraud trial was left fighting for his life in hospital after being hit by a car on Saturday, it has been revealed. Stephen Chamberlain was critically injured just days before billionaire Lynch went missing off the coast of Sicily, a person familiar with the matter has...
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‘I said goodbye to everyone, because I didn’t know if I’d be coming back’: Billionaire Mike Lynch spoke of his ‘second life’ just weeks before going missing on superyacht – after he was acquitted of fraud charges in US where he faced 25 years
Just weeks ago, a tearful Mike Lynch returned to Britain a free man after being acquitted of fraud charges that could have landed him 25 years in a US jail. The tech tycoon, once described as ‘Britain’s Bill Gates‘, told of his ‘second life’ after finally winning a 13-year legal fight over the £8.3billion sale of his...
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Mike Lynch, the Autonomy founder finally cleared of fraud after more than decade
British technology tycoon Mike Lynch – reportedly one of six tourists missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Italy – founded software giant Autonomy in 1996, and made his name as one of Britain’s most influential entrepreneurs through the company. He has been described at points as the Bill Gates of Britain,...
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Who is British tech tycoon Mike Lynch? Meet the man dubbed ‘Britain’s Bill Gates’ and James Bond obsessive feared to be on Bayesian sunken yacht
He is the tech tycoon dubbed Britain’s ‘Bill Gates‘ who is now feared to have been on board a sunken superyacht. Mike Lynch, a former advisor to then-Prime Minister David Cameron and BBC board member, is believed to be among the passengers trapped on the luxury yacht which sank off the coast of Sicily this morning. Divers are...
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Brit tech tycoon Mike Lynch among six missing after his superyacht Bayesian was ‘hit by freak waterspout’ off Sicily while his wife was among 15 rescued – as divers ‘find body of ship’s chef’ and scour wreck 160ft down on sea bed
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch is missing along with six other tourists after his luxury superyacht was hit by a freak waterspout and sank off the coast of Sicily this morning, it has emerged. The luxury sailboat was docked off the coast of Porticello, near Palermo, when a tornado hit the area just before 5am,...
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Bayesian yacht live: Mike Lynch missing alongside daughter, 18, ‘after tornado sinks superyacht’
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NHS stockpiles mpox vaccine as cases spread across the world and Britain gears up to tackle deadly strain
By Emily Cooper Published: 02:01 BST, 19 August 2024 | Updated: 10:51 BST, 19 August 2024 Britian has urgently stockpiled mpox vaccines as the menacing new virus hits British shores. NHS staff have also received guidance from the UK Health Security Agency to ensure they recognise symptoms of the Clade 1 mpox variant. The disease,...
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Ted Baker to close ALL of its remaining 31 stores risking 500 jobs four months after going into administration
By Emily Jane Davies Published: 16:17 BST, 18 August 2024 | Updated: 17:18 BST, 18 August 2024 Ted Baker will close all of its remaining 31 stores this week, risking 500 jobs four months after going into administration. All of the fashion brand’s stores are expected to have shut by the end of Tuesday. It...
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Welcome to Flappy Valley! How fried chicken shops have taken over Britain – including one London street with 29 different stores – as locals slam ‘terrible and appalling food’ while others hail them as ‘historic and affordable’
They are cheap, fast, and not to mention finger-lickin’ good, so little wonder fried chicken has grown to become a British staple. For many, their local fried chicken shop fills them with a ‘sense of nostalgia’, transporting them back to a memory of where they would go with friends after school, but for others, well...
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How Churchill’s Battle of Britain bunker was hidden from German bombers
Winston Churchill’s Battle of Britain Bunker was hidden from the Nazis underneath a formal garden, research has revealed. The secret site in Uxbridge, west London, was camouflaged during the Second World War to look like part of a landscaped design from the air, avoiding enemy detection. It was following a visit to this bunker, on...
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Innovate Change Best Picks: Best Online Casino NZ – Top 10 Real Money Casino Sites in New Zealand
NEWS Aug. 15 2024, Published 1:31 a.m. ET More and more New Zealanders are turning to online casinos for some real money gaming action, looking for a good time and some nice rewards. As the demand for top-quality gaming platforms grows, Innovate Change is a trusted source for finding the best online casinos in New...
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Shropshire community farm makes The Times list of Britain’s finest farm shops
Market Drayton‘s Fordhall Farm has come second in the UK in a list of seven of the finest farm shops compiled by The Times. The newspaper has scoured the country looking for farm shops that “stand out from the herd”, offering fun activities and troves of tasty goodies. Coming just in behind Broughgammon Farm in...