The Guardian – British tech boss amongst missing after superyacht sinks off Sicily
The main story on The Guardian’s front page focuses on the sinking of the superyacht off the coast of Sicily. The paper shows rescue workers bringing a body ashore. The paper adds that the UK Foreign Office is providing support to “a number of families.” The yacht’s chef has been confirmed dead, the paper adds.
The paper’s secondary story reports the number of foreign social care workers reporting that they are trapped in exploitative contracts has risen sixfold in the last three years, in the latest evidence of widespread abuse of migrants in the British care system.
Bayesian yacht sinking: divers resume search for six missing people
Specialist divers have launched a fresh search for six people missing after a superyacht capsized off the coast of Sicily, including the British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter.
The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre sailboat, was carrying 22 people and anchored just offshore near the port of Porticello when it was hit by a tornado at about 5am local time (4am BST) on Monday, the Italian coastguard said in a statement.
One man, Ricardo Thomas, understood to be the vessel’s chef and an Antiguan citizen, was confirmed dead. Six others, including Lynch, 59, and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, remained unaccounted for on Tuesday morning.
Jonathan Bloomer, the chair of Morgan Stanley International, and Chris Morvillo, a lawyer at the legal firm Clifford Chance, and both their wives are also among the missing.
Sixfold rise in foreign care workers in UK complaining of exploitation
The number of foreign social care workers reporting that they are trapped in exploitative contracts has risen sixfold in the last three years, in the latest evidence of widespread abuse of migrants in the British care system.
Data from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) shows that the organisation was contacted 134 times in 2023-24 by care workers reporting that their employers were demanding large sums of money from them to cover “hiring costs”, including visa processing, if they left their jobs. This figure was up from 22 such complaints just three years ago.
The rise in complaints about repayment clauses, which in one case ran to £10,000, underlines how a recent explosion in recruitment of carers from abroad has allowed unscrupulous employers to target vulnerable workers.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
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Editorial 20 August 2024.
As more details pour out regarding the luxury boat sinking off the coast of Sicily, the story has started to dominate the headlines around the world. In the UK, Tuesday’s front pages are dominated by yesterday’s news that the British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter are among the six people still missing.
There’s not much coverage of the story on the international front pages, but online – since the news of other prominent figures from banking and tech from around the world are among the missing – the story is becoming more international.
Away from the yacht sinking, a few UK papers feature showbiz and royal stories on the sidebar. A few of the papers lead on other domestic topics – mostly politics.
Last night’s Premier League draw between Leicester City and Spurs dominates the back pages.
