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Telegraph
3 hours ago
- Telegraph
Pictured: Bayesian interior seen for first time since superyacht raised
The first images of the wrecked, muddy interior of the Bayesian superyacht have been released, a week after the vessel was raised from the seabed off Sicily. Photographs reveal a scene of devastation, with the once sumptuous reception area a chaotic mess of upturned armchairs, waterlogged cushions and mud-soaked divans. Upholstery is ripped and furniture piled chaotically against the windows of the yacht, offering a chilling insight into the damage suffered after it capsized and sank. Its once shiny hull and keel are streaked with grime, while the engine room is full of silt and mud. The 56-metre (184ft) long boat had been underwater for 10 months before it was recovered earlier this month. The British vessel, which boasted one of the tallest masts in the world, sank in a freak storm about half a mile off the fishing town of Porticello, on Sicily's north coast, last August. Seven people lost their lives, including the yacht's owner Mike Lynch, the British tech billionaire, and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, who had won a place at Oxford University. After being raised from a depth of 150ft by a giant crane attached to a floating platform, the Bayesian was transported about 15 miles along the coast to the industrial port of Termini Imerese. There, it was hoisted onto a specially made steel cradle. It will now be examined by investigators, who are trying to work out what caused it to sink so quickly. The Italian builders of the vessel insist it was virtually unsinkable and that there must have been some degree of human error on the part of the crew, suggesting that a hatch was left open by accident on the night of the storm. But when it was raised last week, it appeared that all hatches were securely closed. Inquest proceedings in Britain are looking at the deaths of Mr Lynch and his daughter, as well as Jonathan Bloomer, the 70-year-old chairman of Morgan Stanley International bank, and his wife Judy, 71, who were all British nationals. Chris Morvillo, a US lawyer, and his wife Neda, as well as Recaldo Thomas, a chef with joint Canadian and Antiguan nationality, also died. Fifteen people, including Mr Lynch's wife, Angela Bacares, were rescued. In an interim report last month, investigators from the Marine Accident Investigation Branch said the Bayesian was knocked over by 'extreme wind'. The yacht had a vulnerability to winds, but the owner, captain and crew would not have known of its inherent structural weaknesses, the report said. Italian prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into the yacht's sinking. They are investigating James Cutfield, the New Zealand skipper, as well as Tim Parker Eaton, the British chief engineer and Matthew Griffiths, a British deckhand, for potential manslaughter and causing a shipwreck. Being placed under investigation does not necessarily mean they will eventually be charged. The tycoon founded software giant Autonomy in 1996 and was cleared in June last year of carrying out a massive fraud over the sale of the firm to Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2011. The cruise around the Mediterranean was a celebration of his acquittal in the case in the US.
CNN
6 hours ago
- CNN
How one couple saved nearly $3,000 a month by moving to Italy
In travel news this week: how to get the Italian lifestyle when you don't have a billionaire's budget, plus we reveal CNN's pick of America's Best Towns to Visit in 2025. Only 10 made our list: Did somewhere near you make the cut? Money can't buy you love, but it can get you a mammoth celebration of matrimony and mammon that has the whole world talking. All eyes are on Venice this week for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's big-bucks big day, an event mired in controversy as protesters rail against the damage done to their city by overtourism. However, you don't need a net worth of $263 billion to enjoy the dolce delights of the Italian lifestyle, or the sweet highs of amore, as our CNN Travel picks this week will show. The Smarrellis, from Syracuse, New York, were in Venice for their 50th wedding anniversary when they decided to quit the US and move to a coastal town in Calabria, southern Italy. They told CNN their living costs have dropped by nearly $3,000 a month since making the move. 'It was a good choice,' said Tony Smarrelli. We first reported on rural Italian towns selling one-euro homes back in 2019, as a savvy way to revitalize dwindling communities. The most successful of the schemes has been in Sicily's Sambuca di Sicilia, aka 'Italy's Little America,' but while Americans kickstarted the town's resurrection, young Italians are now grabbing up homes for themselves too. 'Why leave such opportunities to foreigners?' 25-year-old Sicilian Paolo Morabito told CNN. Season two of our 'Chance Encounters' podcast launched on Friday, bringing you a summer's worth of true stories of friendship and romance formed while traveling. CNN's Francesca Street presents the series based on her hit column of the same name. The first new episode follows Catherine Tondelli, a Californian woman who met her Italian husband, Fausto, in front of Rome's Trevi Fountain right after she threw three coins into the fountain's waters and made a wish. There are also six episodes to catch up on from season one, such as the tale of Rachel Décoste who traveled to Benin in West Africa, anticipating a life-changing experience. She jumped on the back of local man Honoré Orogbo's motorbike and the trip changed her life in more ways than she ever could have imagined. In this Unlocking the World roundup we promised you love and we promised you thriftiness. Our partners at CNN Underscored, a product reviews and recommendations guide owned by CNN, have some tips that cover both. Emily McNutt booked her $18,584 honeymoon business-class flights from the US to Southeast Asia for less than $200. Here's how she did it. Also returning this week is CNN Travel's second annual list of America's Best Towns to Visit. After considering hundreds of nominations from our readers and contributors, our editors whittled those down to this year's magic 10. Our choices range in size from about 15,000 residents to about 115,000. They're spread across the United States and capture the remarkable variety that defines the country — from culture and food to history and outstanding natural beauty. Each of these towns is testament to how Americans can build towns and communities that add up to more than the sum of their parts. Our No.1 for 2025 is Ithaca, New York, a lively college town with an outsize number of cultural offerings for its modest scale. There's plenty of natural 'wow factor' as the area around Ithaca is filled with gorges and cascading falls, while refreshment awaits in the many wineries and cider houses in New York's Finger Lakes region. Explore the rest of our top 10 here. North Korea has just opened a massive new beach resort on the country's east coast. The Kalma beachside resort includes waterparks, high-rise hotels and accommodations for nearly 20,000 guests. Could one of the world's most secretive nations be turning towards more international tourism? CNN explains what the new resort could mean for Kim Jong Un and his regime. Visitors keep breaking stuff in Italian museums. First, a man in Verona busted this crystal-covered chair inspired by Van Gogh. Then another guy stumbled back into a 17th-century painting while taking a selfie in Florence's Uffizi Gallery. A Californian woman paid to be on a cruise ship for 15 years. Here's how it's going so far. A private Scottish island has gone on sale for $7.5 million. It comes with its own castle.
CNN
7 hours ago
- CNN
How one couple saved nearly $3,000 a month by moving to Italy
In travel news this week: how to get the Italian lifestyle when you don't have a billionaire's budget, plus we reveal CNN's pick of America's Best Towns to Visit in 2025. Only 10 made our list: Did somewhere near you make the cut? Money can't buy you love, but it can get you a mammoth celebration of matrimony and mammon that has the whole world talking. All eyes are on Venice this week for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's big-bucks big day, an event mired in controversy as protesters rail against the damage done to their city by overtourism. However, you don't need a net worth of $263 billion to enjoy the dolce delights of the Italian lifestyle, or the sweet highs of amore, as our CNN Travel picks this week will show. The Smarrellis, from Syracuse, New York, were in Venice for their 50th wedding anniversary when they decided to quit the US and move to a coastal town in Calabria, southern Italy. They told CNN their living costs have dropped by nearly $3,000 a month since making the move. 'It was a good choice,' said Tony Smarrelli. We first reported on rural Italian towns selling one-euro homes back in 2019, as a savvy way to revitalize dwindling communities. The most successful of the schemes has been in Sicily's Sambuca di Sicilia, aka 'Italy's Little America,' but while Americans kickstarted the town's resurrection, young Italians are now grabbing up homes for themselves too. 'Why leave such opportunities to foreigners?' 25-year-old Sicilian Paolo Morabito told CNN. Season two of our 'Chance Encounters' podcast launched on Friday, bringing you a summer's worth of true stories of friendship and romance formed while traveling. CNN's Francesca Street presents the series based on her hit column of the same name. The first new episode follows Catherine Tondelli, a Californian woman who met her Italian husband, Fausto, in front of Rome's Trevi Fountain right after she threw three coins into the fountain's waters and made a wish. There are also six episodes to catch up on from season one, such as the tale of Rachel Décoste who traveled to Benin in West Africa, anticipating a life-changing experience. She jumped on the back of local man Honoré Orogbo's motorbike and the trip changed her life in more ways than she ever could have imagined. In this Unlocking the World roundup we promised you love and we promised you thriftiness. Our partners at CNN Underscored, a product reviews and recommendations guide owned by CNN, have some tips that cover both. Emily McNutt booked her $18,584 honeymoon business-class flights from the US to Southeast Asia for less than $200. Here's how she did it. Also returning this week is CNN Travel's second annual list of America's Best Towns to Visit. After considering hundreds of nominations from our readers and contributors, our editors whittled those down to this year's magic 10. Our choices range in size from about 15,000 residents to about 115,000. They're spread across the United States and capture the remarkable variety that defines the country — from culture and food to history and outstanding natural beauty. Each of these towns is testament to how Americans can build towns and communities that add up to more than the sum of their parts. Our No.1 for 2025 is Ithaca, New York, a lively college town with an outsize number of cultural offerings for its modest scale. There's plenty of natural 'wow factor' as the area around Ithaca is filled with gorges and cascading falls, while refreshment awaits in the many wineries and cider houses in New York's Finger Lakes region. Explore the rest of our top 10 here. North Korea has just opened a massive new beach resort on the country's east coast. The Kalma beachside resort includes waterparks, high-rise hotels and accommodations for nearly 20,000 guests. Could one of the world's most secretive nations be turning towards more international tourism? CNN explains what the new resort could mean for Kim Jong Un and his regime. Visitors keep breaking stuff in Italian museums. First, a man in Verona busted this crystal-covered chair inspired by Van Gogh. Then another guy stumbled back into a 17th-century painting while taking a selfie in Florence's Uffizi Gallery. A Californian woman paid to be on a cruise ship for 15 years. Here's how it's going so far. A private Scottish island has gone on sale for $7.5 million. It comes with its own castle.
CNN
7 hours ago
- CNN
How one couple saved nearly $3,000 a month by moving to Italy
In travel news this week: how to get the Italian lifestyle when you don't have a billionaire's budget, plus we reveal CNN's pick of America's Best Towns to Visit in 2025. Only 10 made our list: Did somewhere near you make the cut? Money can't buy you love, but it can get you a mammoth celebration of matrimony and mammon that has the whole world talking. All eyes are on Venice this week for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's big-bucks big day, an event mired in controversy as protesters rail against the damage done to their city by overtourism. However, you don't need a net worth of $263 billion to enjoy the dolce delights of the Italian lifestyle, or the sweet highs of amore, as our CNN Travel picks this week will show. The Smarrellis, from Syracuse, New York, were in Venice for their 50th wedding anniversary when they decided to quit the US and move to a coastal town in Calabria, southern Italy. They told CNN their living costs have dropped by nearly $3,000 a month since making the move. 'It was a good choice,' said Tony Smarrelli. We first reported on rural Italian towns selling one-euro homes back in 2019, as a savvy way to revitalize dwindling communities. The most successful of the schemes has been in Sicily's Sambuca di Sicilia, aka 'Italy's Little America,' but while Americans kickstarted the town's resurrection, young Italians are now grabbing up homes for themselves too. 'Why leave such opportunities to foreigners?' 25-year-old Sicilian Paolo Morabito told CNN. Season two of our 'Chance Encounters' podcast launched on Friday, bringing you a summer's worth of true stories of friendship and romance formed while traveling. CNN's Francesca Street presents the series based on her hit column of the same name. The first new episode follows Catherine Tondelli, a Californian woman who met her Italian husband, Fausto, in front of Rome's Trevi Fountain right after she threw three coins into the fountain's waters and made a wish. There are also six episodes to catch up on from season one, such as the tale of Rachel Décoste who traveled to Benin in West Africa, anticipating a life-changing experience. She jumped on the back of local man Honoré Orogbo's motorbike and the trip changed her life in more ways than she ever could have imagined. In this Unlocking the World roundup we promised you love and we promised you thriftiness. Our partners at CNN Underscored, a product reviews and recommendations guide owned by CNN, have some tips that cover both. Emily McNutt booked her $18,584 honeymoon business-class flights from the US to Southeast Asia for less than $200. Here's how she did it. Also returning this week is CNN Travel's second annual list of America's Best Towns to Visit. After considering hundreds of nominations from our readers and contributors, our editors whittled those down to this year's magic 10. Our choices range in size from about 15,000 residents to about 115,000. They're spread across the United States and capture the remarkable variety that defines the country — from culture and food to history and outstanding natural beauty. Each of these towns is testament to how Americans can build towns and communities that add up to more than the sum of their parts. Our No.1 for 2025 is Ithaca, New York, a lively college town with an outsize number of cultural offerings for its modest scale. There's plenty of natural 'wow factor' as the area around Ithaca is filled with gorges and cascading falls, while refreshment awaits in the many wineries and cider houses in New York's Finger Lakes region. Explore the rest of our top 10 here. North Korea has just opened a massive new beach resort on the country's east coast. The Kalma beachside resort includes waterparks, high-rise hotels and accommodations for nearly 20,000 guests. Could one of the world's most secretive nations be turning towards more international tourism? CNN explains what the new resort could mean for Kim Jong Un and his regime. Visitors keep breaking stuff in Italian museums. First, a man in Verona busted this crystal-covered chair inspired by Van Gogh. Then another guy stumbled back into a 17th-century painting while taking a selfie in Florence's Uffizi Gallery. A Californian woman paid to be on a cruise ship for 15 years. Here's how it's going so far. A private Scottish island has gone on sale for $7.5 million. It comes with its own castle.
Daily Mail
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Joe Manganiello and Caitlin O'Connor set off engagement rumors as she flashes diamond ring in Sicily
Joe Manganiello and girlfriend Caitlin O'Connor were spotted at a romantic dinner in Sicily this week. She was seen wearing a diamond ring on her left hand, fueling rumors the couple are engaged. The pair were also spotted holding hands as they strolled the cobbled streets of Taormina, where scenes for The White Lotus were filmed. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Joe, 48, and Caitlin, 34, were first linked in September 2023 just a couple of months after news broke that his marriage to Modern Family star Sofia Vergara was ending. has contacted Joe's representatives for comment. Joe and Caitlin were accompanied on vacation by his beloved chihuahua Bubbles, whom he adopted in 2019 when she was abandoned and suffering from cancer. The Magic Mike heartthrob showed off his musclebound arms and sprawl of tattoos in a short-sleeved shirt with a swirling Italianate floral print. Sweeping his long hair back into a man-bun, he allowed a distinguished touch of gray stubble to appear on his ruggedly handsome features. He teamed his fashion-forward top with a dark set of cutoff pants, bringing the look together with matching loafers for his Mediterranean holiday. Caitlin, an actress who has featured on such programs as Two And A Half Men and Tosh.0, cut a stylish figure while out and about in Sicily. She modeled a plunging, colorful summer dress with trendy cap sleeves, bringing the look together with a ruby drop necklace that added a touch of sparkle. Accessorizing with a quilted black leather handbag, she balanced expertly on a towering set of wedges that brought her closer to level with her 6ft 5in paramour. However, the standout element of her ensemble was the ring she was glimpsed proudly showing off at dinner, raising her left hand toward her face. Dazzling: Caitlin, who is 18 years younger than Sofia, was first linked to Joe a couple of months after he and his first wife went public with their split over the summer of 2023 Sharing a joke: Joe, 48, and Caitlin, 34, were first linked in September 2023 just a couple of months after news broke that his marriage to Modern Family star Sofia was ending Too funny: Caitlin, an actress who has featured on such programs as Two And A Half Men and Tosh.0, cut a stylish figure while out and about in Sicily Relaxed: She modeled a plunging, colorful summer dress with trendy cap sleeves, bringing the look together with a ruby drop necklace that added a touch of sparkle She appeared as besotted with Joe as if they had just started dating, reaching affectionately across the table to grab one of his forearms. Joe tied the knot with Sofia in 2015, when she was at the height of her Modern Family superstardom and he had become a sex symbol via True Blood and Magic Mike. They went public with their split over the summer of 2023, and two months later he was being linked to Caitlin, who is 18 years younger than Sofia. They were reportedly introduced at a hot tub during an 'unofficial' premiere afterparty for the hit HBO series Winning Time about the 1980s Lakers. A source disclosed at the time that 'the first time they met in the hot tub and they were talking the whole time!' according to People. By that December, they made their red carpet debut at the the 20th anniversary gala for the Children Of Armenia Fund held at Cipriani in Manhattan. Joe, who is one-eighth Armenian on his mother's side and was being given an award at the fete, beamed as he posed with Caitlin on his arm. A source explained that the duo were 'both so easygoing that they work really well together' as another dished that she is not 'high-maintenance,' adding that she is 'not a big drinker or a party girl,' according to Us Weekly. Radiant: A source disclosed at the time that 'the first time they met in the hot tub and they were talking the whole time!' according to People Shoulder check: By December 2023, they made their red carpet debut at the the 20th anniversary gala for the Children Of Armenia Fund held at Cipriani in Manhattan Bite to eat: Joe, who is one-eighth Armenian on his mother's side and was being given an award at the fete, beamed as he posed with Caitlin on his arm when they went red carpet official
