family, friends and also how significant a figure he was in the uk tech industry since helping to establish a firm that specialised in using computer—based detection and recognition of fingerprints, called cambridge neuro dynamics. you're watching bbc news. we begin with breaking news — the body of british tech entrepreneur mike lynch has been recovered, days after his yacht capsized off the coast of sicily — a source close to the family has told the bbc. the 59—year—old was holidaying with family, members of his business and legal inner circle, as well as the vessel's crew,

the bayesian, when it was struck by a powerful storm on monday morning. lynch had been a significant figure in the tech industry — and was awarded an obe in recognition of his service to uk enterprise. we had heard quite openly about the intense legal battle looming over him for about a decade, 13 years in fact and it was thanks to his success in business that he had the finances to be able to find that case. he had been a significant figure in the tech industry and was awarded an obe in fact in recognition of his service to the uk enterprise. let's go live to our correspondent bethany bell in sicily. the worst possible news has been confirmed it would appear that mike

lynch was my body has been retrieved from the waters. —— the worst possible news has been confirmed it would appear that mike lynch's body has been retrieved from the waters. yes, that news coming from a source close to the family and that same source as saying the one missing person still unaccounted for is believed to be mike lynch's daughter hannah. we have been watching as the emergency services have intensified their search here with boats coming backwards and forwards bringing diverse to the site shipwreck which is just a bit further out from behind where i'm standing and diving right down to the bottom of the sea bed there which is 50 metres down, and in 64 feet or so. scarring, trying to get into the yacht to see whether they can locate hannah. ——

scouring and trying to get into the yacht. we did know yesterday four bodies had been removed from the boat, recovered from the boat, a fifth body has been recovered today and we now believe that to... and all of those bodies recovered, including that of mike lynch, have been taken to mortuaries in the formal process of identification here which is a very strict process here which is a very strict process here in italy, is on the way and also postmortems. figs here in italy, is on the way and also postmortems.— here in italy, is on the way and also postmortems. as far as the search is concerned _ also postmortems. as far as the search is concerned because - also postmortems. as far as the search is concerned because of. also postmortems. as far as the i search is concerned because of the depth of the vessel, bethany, divers can only spend a short amount of time in the water.— can only spend a short amount of time in the water. yes, what we have been told as — time in the water. yes, what we have been told as it _ time in the water. yes, what we have been told as it takes _ time in the water. yes, what we have been told as it takes about _ time in the water. yes, what we have been told as it takes about one - been told as it takes about one minute for them to get down to the sea bed, 50 metres below, and then they can only spend between 8—10

minutes down there before they have to resurface but they have been aided in their search by little robots, remote controlled vehicles, as they are known, which have been able to look around as well in the area of the wreck itself and what we understand is that the yacht is on its side, there was a lot of debris, makes it very difficult and dangerous for the divers and we have seen different groups of them coming and going in their orange diving suits and this is extremely difficult work and also there has been support of coast from the coastguard, we've seen vessels of the shipwreck and also every so often hear helicopters flying low overhead, police force drones and an enormous effort under way to find the missing person which we now believe to be hannah lynch,

18—year—old hannah lynch. and also to gather material to understand a little bit more about how this incident occurred.— little bit more about how this incident occurred. �* . , . ., , incident occurred. bethany, clearly, as ou incident occurred. bethany, clearly, as you say. — incident occurred. bethany, clearly, as you say. the _ incident occurred. bethany, clearly, as you say, the information - incident occurred. bethany, clearly, as you say, the information about i as you say, the information about the identity of the fact these bodies have been recovered has to be shared first with the victims of�* families but because of the nature of this shipwreck, people on board, a huge amount of concern over the last few days and interest. enormous interest and shock. the locals i've been speaking to hear have all been expressing their shock that something like this could happen in such an enormous, huge superyacht. how was it that this huge yacht went down and of course it was a very extreme weather event, this

waterspout, this mini tornado. but others are waterspout, this mini tornado. emit others are wondering whether measures could have been taken to mitigate the impact of the waterspout and other fishermen around here saying, we knew we needed to stay well inside the harbour almost on that day because of the weather forecasts so a lot of questions being asked and we note that the captain the yacht has been questioned by investigators, an active investigation ongoing including this material they are getting from the remote vehicles down under the sea around the site of the yacht so many, many questions and what you're being told is that the answers will not come for weeks if not months ahead. this is a long, painstaking process and for now the focus very much remains on trying to locate hannah lynch who is believed

to be final missing person. star; to be final missing person. stay with us if you — to be final missing person. stay with us if you would. _ to be final missing person. stay with us if you would. we have more breaking news to bring our viewers. and we are now hearing from the family ofjonathan bloomer and his wifejudy, jonathan bloomer the wife judy, jonathan bloomer the chairman wifejudy, jonathan bloomer the chairman of the morgan stanley international bank, they describe the couple as incredible people and an inspiration to many following the death in this sinking of this luxury yacht, the bloomers among a number of those missing after a storm hit that yacht on monday. tributes are pouring in now when it comes to the people on board. we are grieving for our loved ones and all of those affected by the tragedy, say the family ofjonathan bloomer and judy bloomer. we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the

emergency services and everyone who helped tirelessly in this rescue operation. our parents were incredible people and an inspiration to many but first and foremost they were focused on and loved their family and spending time with their new grandchildren. together for five decades, our only comfort is they are still together now. this is an unimaginable grief to shoulder, are only ask is that our family's privacy is respected at this time. that is a statement of the family of jonathan and judy bloomer. jonathan bloomer the chair of morgan stanley international bank. this is the sort of tension, bethany bell, in sicily, that all families will desperately want privacy at this time but because of the nature of this shipwreck and the high profile people who were on board, there has

been an enormous amount of interest and concern over the last few days. indeed and it must have been an agonising, has been an agonising time forfamily and agonising, has been an agonising time for family and friends waiting for news, hoping against hope that perhaps their loved ones would be delivered up from the sea i live we know that one person is still missing and that his 18—year—old... believed to be 18—year—old hannah lynch. —— delivered up alive. still a search for her but i really agonising time for everyone involved, and a high—profile case, and an enormous yacht, itself, and there are a number people saying, how is it that this boat was so badly damaged in this extreme weather event? and a lot of

questions still open and needing answered for that is something we know from the italian authorities is not likely to happen overnight. and we know the _ not likely to happen overnight. and we know the search continues and your explaining just how that has being conducted partly with divers but also with remote control vehicles. , ., �* ~ ., but also with remote control vehicles. , ~ ., vehicles. yes, i don't know if you can see the _ vehicles. yes, i don't know if you can see the boat _ vehicles. yes, i don't know if you can see the boat heading - vehicles. yes, i don't know if you can see the boat heading out - vehicles. yes, i don't know if you| can see the boat heading out now behind me, i can see it either putting on his orange diving suit presumably in preparation to go back down under the sea bed again in the continuing search that has been going on for so many days now and i think this is a very complex, difficult thing for these rescue operations, for these divers and all the rest of the team here but they have been working long, long hours,

starting very early in the morning, ending late last night and it has been very distressing standing here on the quayside as i have been doing. yesterday we saw the first the body is returning to the quayside and i was able... looking for a very strong camera lens and when you got the news that the first two bodies had been found, we looked out and you could just make out the figure of a body being hauled into a boat and of course they arrived on the quayside opposite from where i am now well you can see the red tent behind me and they were placed in ambulances ready to be taken off to the mortuaries for postmortem. for the mortuaries for postmortem. for the moment, bethany, thank you. bethany bell in sicily. we will speak to our international business correspondent, theo leggett

inafew in a few moments about mike lynch as an entrepreneur. but first the... lord bethell who worked with mike lynch and sought his guidance when he has co—founding the ministry of sound remembers him as very supportive and encouraging. we spoke to you while i go where there was still hope and hope for good news but we have now had it confirmed that the body of mike lynch has been retrieved from the sea and from this vessel. a very difficult thing for people like you who knew him so well to have to process. it is people like you who knew him so well to have to process.— to have to process. it is impossible to have to process. it is impossible to process- — to have to process. it is impossible to process- he _ to have to process. it is impossible to process. he was _ to have to process. it is impossible to process. he was a _ to have to process. it is impossible to process. he was a wonderful- to have to process. it is impossible l to process. he was a wonderful man. —— let's speak to david tabizel — he co—founded the company autonomy with mike lynch. i'm just glad now we are revisiting his legacy on economy and i'm sure we will hear a lot more over the next few days on so many parts of

humanity. his generosity of spirit, his honesty, ethics of integrity will come to before but first of all today we have to mourn him. it is a shock. so please go to his family. i cannot imagine how they feel. i am numb and i had not seen him for a few years although we were talking a lot, you're about to get together and have... hopefully a drunken lunch or dinner and brainstorm a bit. he was full of energy but to lose this man just when he was about to reclaim his status and position in society is a tragedy i'm just so sorry for his family and all of those who have lost such a loyal friend. ., ., those who have lost such a loyal friend. . ~ ., , those who have lost such a loyal friend. . ~ ., , ., ., friend. talk to us about him as a man. friend. talk to us about him as a man- what _ friend. talk to us about him as a man. what sort _ friend. talk to us about him as a man. what sort of _ friend. talk to us about him as a man. what sort of friend - friend. talk to us about him as a man. what sort of friend was - friend. talk to us about him as a man. what sort of friend was he | man. what sort of friend was he like? we can read all about his achievements but tells about the person. he achievements but tells about the erson. . ., ., , , person. he had great loyalty. first of all, person. he had great loyalty. first of all. though. _ person. he had great loyalty. first of all, though, you _ person. he had great loyalty. first of all, though, you had _ person. he had great loyalty. first of all, though, you had to - person. he had great loyalty. first of all, though, you had to pass - person. he had great loyalty. first of all, though, you had to pass a l of all, though, you had to pass a lot of tests. he had a very, very

aggressive, inquisitive mind. he was aggressive, inquisitive mind. he was a mathematician, computer scientist, a mathematician, computer scientist, a real polymath and i'm not sure i ever, and several hundreds of occasions i spent time with him, i don't think i had more than 30 minutes very were not arguing about something, not about a personality trait but the pursuit of truth and he loved having his brain lit up. he had this amazing gift notjust in business but in all aspects of life to get knob of things instantly, to get to truth. he was a super computer. —— to get to the nub of things. to work out of what was in front of him was real or not and if it was and you showed loyalty to him he was a great friend but he had a great sense of fun where he used to bark... both impersonating and loving dogs, he believes dogs could reach people's mind and that is why

one of the early versions of autonomy had a cartoon version of his dog called robert. —— his dog called gromit. he had the giant train sets in his garden and he loved to play the saxophone. he was a child at the same time as a moral giant who had aggressive moral relentlessness. he was certainly a brightest person i've ever met. it is one thing to be really bright but it is another thing to turn that into something tangible, isn't it? and to turn that into a business empire that is so successful. that is a winning combination that many people who might be brilliant at computing lack. it is people who might be brilliant at computing lack.— people who might be brilliant at com-autin lack. , ., computing lack. it is almost unique. you have your _ computing lack. it is almost unique. you have your own _ computing lack. it is almost unique. you have your own mosque, - computing lack. it is almost unique. you have your own mosque, who . computing lack. it is almost unique. l you have your own mosque, who does it his way and you havejeff bizos,

steve jobs and bill gates. it his way and you havejeff bizos, stevejobs and bill gates. he is the jobs of britain. —— you have your elon musk, who does it his way and you havejeff bezos, steve jobs and bill gates. he used both the left and right side of his brain, which is unique. he was a scientist and phd and everything like that but he also had an economical focus on what really mattered, what really mattered, and when i look at the people he got to know and he employed, and he was loyal to, know and he employed, and he was loyalto, it know and he employed, and he was loyal to, it was all about meaningful output. he saw through, you could not serve him at all awful him. and when what happened to him happen to him. —— you could not bs him at all orfool him. he

disregarded the accusations is completely untrue and we can see the part of his mind and personality that they've made him succeed in business meant he dug down because he regarded this as a moral crusade to prove that this was a commercially motivated set of accusations. he fought through them, it took ten or 11 years and wasted a lot of money but he got there in the end and he felt he had a new life coming. i don't know what he might have done but i think it might have been even bigger than what we saw in the first phase of mike lynch's area. ~ . ~' the first phase of mike lynch's area. ~ . ~ ., ., ., ~ area. what kind of told it take havin: area. what kind of told it take having that — area. what kind of told it take having that over _ area. what kind of told it take having that over him - area. what kind of told it take having that over him all- area. what kind of told it take having that over him all that l area. what kind of told it take - having that over him all that time? you spoke about his resilience and thankfully he had the money to fight what he believed was a gross injustice but do you come out of that unscathed? you do not come out of that unscathed. we know he had

problems, lung problems, his hearing went. i problems, lung problems, his hearing went. , ., problems, lung problems, his hearing went. ., ::' ~ ' went. i spoke to him in 2016-17 askin: went. i spoke to him in 2016-17 asking him _ went. i spoke to him in 2016-17 asking him if— went. i spoke to him in 2016-17 asking him if he _ went. i spoke to him in 2016-17 asking him if he needed - went. i spoke to him in 2016-17 asking him if he needed help. went. i spoke to him in 2016-17 i asking him if he needed help and went. i spoke to him in 2016-17 - asking him if he needed help and he said we have nothing to worry about, we are innocent and this is a nonsense. the self belief going through him but of course you cannot lose one third of your adult life to this nonsense and without extraordinary stress. and to see some of his colleagues as well go through this, dreadful, dreadful. he was remarkably strong. i don't think i've met a more resilient human being in my life either but, wow, to me, and i do not know the details, really, because i was not involved at all but it feels a bit like the post office scandal in britain just because somebody or a group of people are being accused by aggregations of courts, just the system and so on, does not mean they are guilty and i think if there is an important legacy for the man, it

is that we must question who benefits from these things and whether we really are king at someone or something that has got out of control. but as a man, a human being, miss him.- out of control. but as a man, a human being, miss him. what do you think ou human being, miss him. what do you think you would _ human being, miss him. what do you think you would have _ human being, miss him. what do you think you would have gone _ human being, miss him. what do you think you would have gone on - human being, miss him. what do you think you would have gone on to - human being, miss him. what do you think you would have gone on to do? | think you would have gone on to do? we will talk about later the sheer number of commitments he had outside of business, sitting on the boards of business, sitting on the boards of charities and the like but where do you think you would have gone with this? the do you think you would have gone with this? ., ~ ~ do you think you would have gone with this? ., ,., ~ ~ ., , with this? the thing about mike was he could see — with this? the thing about mike was he could see things _ with this? the thing about mike was he could see things more _ with this? the thing about mike was he could see things more clearly - he could see things more clearly than 99.9% of humanity. he could see when things were being done stupidly or there was an injustice and that would have been even more the case stop i think he would have certainly campaigned against the unilateral ability of the us to extradite british citizens when it does not go the other way round, he felt that was not right but i know he was talking about using ai in hearing

aids because 60% of people over 60 have hearing aids and something that identifies human voices and background noise he was keen on, i believe he was talking about new forms of algorithms that would look at the science of probability. i just think this was a man his brain operated at a higher speed and on a higher level than almost anyone on the planet and i think it would have gone even faster. i do not know. i think it would have been involved in politics, economics and i think he would have spent a lot of time proving to the world what had just happened to him and the injustice of that. we happened to him and the in'ustice of that. . ,, .. happened to him and the in'ustice of that. . .. happened to him and the in'ustice of that. ~ ., ~ happened to him and the in'ustice of that. ~ . ,, .. ., ~ ., that. we appreciate you talking to us so fondly- _ david tabizel — co—founder of the company

autonomy with mike lynch. if you're just if you'rejustjoining us, if you're justjoining us, just a reminder of the news that the body of mike lynch has been recovered from his bayesian yacht. the family confirming that to the bbc, along with the belief that the search is continuing for hannah, the 18—year—old daughter of mike lynch is the person believed to still be missing. 547 brought ashore but have not yet been formally identified. the italian law that victims' families have to be informed first when bodies are identified. 0ne body, that of the yacht�*s chef, ricardo thomas, was recovered at the weekend. six bodies have now

been recovered with one person still missing. huge numbers of tributes and condolences being paid to mike lynch and also other... some of the other people who died. jonathan blum of being one of them and his wife judy, he was the chairman of the morgan stanley international bank and theirfamily have morgan stanley international bank and their family have been expressing their grief for their loved ones and also asking for privacy at this time. we will hear a bit more about the statement they have made in a moment. but first... theo leggett. with me is our international business correspondent, theo leggett. we are hearing about all these achievements but despite this a lot of people might have only heard about him this week because of the tragic circumstances. that about him this week because of the tragic circumstances.— tragic circumstances. that happens when you're _ tragic circumstances. that happens when you're working _ tragic circumstances. that happens when you're working in _ tragic circumstances. that happens when you're working in business, l when you're working in business, you're not always on the front pages and mike lynch was more often than

you would expect and partly because he had a very rapid rise in the technology sector but he also fell from grace very abruptly at the beginning of the last decade. his ascension came when he was one of a number of entrepreneurs who came out of cambridge university and that his doctorate there, studied there, and he was one of the first people really to realise how much you could use all the expertise from cambridge university in the newly developing technology rolled around the turn of the century so he founded a company called autonomy in 1996 and that was a company that did data crunching for large businesses, data crunching and searches. it did something where it went through a low point we are many technology companies did when the technology bubble burst but in the technology bubble burst but in the early 2000, that decade, it grew rapidly, took control of many of its rivals, became a big player in the

technology world and so did my lynch and the problem came at the high point which was in 2011, hewlett—packa rd point which was in 2011, hewlett—packard came calling, an american giant decided it wanted this british upstart company as part of its own portfolio and in a deal worth $11.5 billion, hewlett—packard took control of autonomy and that is where things went wrong, there is a rapid case of buyers regret and just over a year later, hewlett—packard over a year later, hewlett—packa rd said over a year later, hewlett—packard said it was writing down the value of its assets by nearly $9 billion so writing away the bulk of the value of the business and it said it had been sold basically a lie, there are accounting irregularities that meant the company was not worth what it had paid and that led really to a whole raft of legal cases including one civil case in the london mike

lynch lost, prosecutors came on board in the united states and ultimately he was extradited to the us to face 14 charges of fraudulent behaviour. in the us, if you are charged with these things, what happens with most people is they reach a plea deal where they plead guilty to a lower charge, get a lower sentence rather than fighting their case in court where they may end up with a much stiffer sentence and mike lynch was clearly a risk taker and chose not to do this, he fought his case and just a few weeks ago, he was acquitted, a really unusual outcome for fraud cases ago, he was acquitted, a really unusual outcome forfraud cases in united states but he took that risk, got the rewards and was exonerated and this expedition on the boat in sicily was a gathering of his friends, family and indeed his lawyers as well to celebrate his acquittal. lawyers as well to celebrate his ac uittal. ., ., lawyers as well to celebrate his acuuittal. ., ., ., ~ , ., acquittal. for the moment, thank you

very much- — acquittal. for the moment, thank you very much. another— acquittal. for the moment, thank you very much. another breaking - acquittal. for the moment, thank you very much. another breaking news i very much. another breaking news story now. ex footballerjermaine janice has been sacked from his role presenting bbc�*s 0ne janice has been sacked from his role presenting bbc�*s one show. following an internal investigation by the company after complaints about his behaviour. the bbc has now confirmed he is no longer part of that presenting line—up ——jermainejenas presenting line—up —— jermaine jenas has presenting line—up ——jermainejenas has been sacked from his role. an e—mail was sent saying i want to let you knowjermaine jenas e—mail was sent saying i want to let you knowjermainejenas is no longer working for the bbc more on that very soon. you're watching bbc news. hello there.

the weather looks very unsettled for the next couple of days throughout the afternoon. today it's going to stay blustery for all areas, particularly towards the north and the west where we'll have most of the showers. but there will be quite a bit of sunshine around though, staying rather grey and cloudy across the southeast of england, courtesy of this weather front. however, we look to the atlantic to this next system, which has now been named by the met office as storm lilian. it's likely to cause some impacts as it races in during the overnight period, so the rain starts to pep up across much of southern scotland into northern ireland, large parts of england and wales. and the winds really pick up around this developing storm for wales, the midlands, northern england could see damaging gusts in excess of 70 miles an hour in exposure near the coast. those damaging winds then continue to cross parts of the midlands, wales, northern england through friday morning, just in time for the rush. but as the rain and the winds clear away and the thundery showers still brighten up into the afternoon, plenty of sunshine, but they'll be blustery showers across northern and western areas. the winds really a feature, as you can see the wind gusts up there though, easing down as we head into the latter part of friday. temperatures wise high teens in the north 22 or 23 in the south,

so we could see some disruption from storm lilian for the end of the night and into friday morning. trees in full leaf, so we could see some trees and branches being brought down from these very strong gusty winds. now conditions improve a little bit as we head through friday night. lots of showers across the northwest. we could see this weather front start to bring some heavy and persistent rain across southern and southeastern areas during the early parts of saturday. now a bit of a question mark on this front. it could be a bit further north, could be a bit further south, but it looks like it could give some substantial, much needed rainfall across the southeast to start saturday morning. so a very wet morning here. quite breezy too. further north and west we'll see plenty of showers. some of these will be heavy and thundery across western scotland, northern ireland, then into western parts of england and wales. but a good deal of sunshine around and i think it'll brighten up across the southeast as that rain begins to push away. temperature wise but disappointing for the time of year. high teens in the north, just about 20 in the south. now it's a bank holiday weekend. for most of us, it looks like a ridge of high pressure will build in across england and wales sunday into monday, so we should see conditions

improve here with some good spells of sunshine. perhaps feeling a bit warmer too. but always a bit more unsettled towards the north and the west of the country. recognition of fingerprints, called cambridge neuro dynamics.

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