1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,400 Speaker 1: Kevin bray Are UK and Europe correspondent. Now for an 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: update on that vessel, the super yacht that sunk off 3 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: the coast of Sicily. 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 2: Gevin, Yes, Ryan. Just within the last couple of hours, 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 2: we now know the identity of the man found dead 6 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 2: near that coast. It's a Canadian Antiguan chef who was 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 2: working on board the boat which sank just off Sicily 8 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 2: near the Palermo the capitol. The name of the chef 9 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 2: Ricaldo Thomas. This was a yachting trip for a very 10 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:35,639 Speaker 2: very wealthy British man called Mike Lnchi was described as 11 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 2: the Bill Gates of Britain by selling a software company 12 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 2: that he built from scratch for several billion pounds, and 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 2: it appears that he might have been entertaining on board 14 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 2: some of the lawyers that helped him in a legal 15 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 2: case subsequent to that when he was accused of overvaluing 16 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 2: his company incorrectly doing that and then the court actually 17 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: ruled in his favor and he went on this yacht 18 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 2: it's believed to celebrate. British investigators have now arrived on 19 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 2: the site, so we now believe there are six still missing, 20 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 2: one confirmed dead and a number of those have survived, 21 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 2: but that man Mike Lynch, the British Bill Gates that 22 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 2: he's being described, and also the chair of Morgan Stanley 23 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: Bank are still. 24 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: Missing, interestingly, and I can only imagine given what the 25 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: conspiracy theorist will do with this. But the code of 26 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: fendant in their case, his code of Fendon also passed away, 27 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,479 Speaker 1: was hit by a car and died in the UK. 28 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: Yes, so there, you're quite right. Social media is an 29 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 2: absolute buzz with that, but there's no proof, I mean, 30 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 2: apart from anything. The yacht sank in a freak storm 31 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 2: and that was eyewitnessed from the land. But yeah, you're right, 32 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 2: the conspirators having a wonderful time about this. 33 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: Tell us about Scotland what seems to be going on 34 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: there with the overdose drugged overdose youth death. 35 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: Yes, so I'm afraid to say that the number of 36 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 2: people who died in Scotland knowing to drug misuse has 37 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 2: risen sharply. So the latest figures that are on record, 38 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 2: which is for the year twenty twenty three, revealed that 39 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 2: one one hundred and seventy two people died. That's up 40 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty one, or a twelve percent increase. 41 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 2: Now that actually sounds well quite a bit, doesn't it. 42 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 2: But it's even worse when you consider that it is 43 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 2: the worst record in Europe. It is more than double 44 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 2: the number of deaths seen in England and Northern Ireland, 45 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 2: and indeed it is significantly more than the next highest 46 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 2: within Europe, so it really is a huge leap in 47 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 2: The Scottish authority is trying to obviously do something about 48 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 2: this now. It is thought cocaine was a factor in 49 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 2: forty one percent of deaths. That's been up six percent 50 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 2: from fifteen years ago. And the data that people living 51 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 2: in the most deprived areas of Scotland were more than 52 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 2: fifteen times as likely to drive to die from drug 53 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 2: misuse has got government ministers in Scotland scratching their heads. 54 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: All right. Given thanks to that, Givin Gray and your corresponding. 55 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 2: For more from newstalkst B, listen live on air or 56 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 2: online and keep 57 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: Our shows with you wherever you go with our podcasts 58 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio.