Sovereignty in the dock as Autonomy’s Mike Lynch battles the US
Autonomy founder returns to court to fight US extradition, in round two of the Hewlett Packard fraud case
7 February 2021 • 5:00am
Mike Lynch, the founder of Autonomy, the UK tech firm and sponsor of Tottenham FC, faces allegations of wire fraud and conspiracy, which could result in up to 25 years in prison
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Mike Lynch would probably be happy never to see the inside of a courtroom again. The tech entrepreneur spent a gruelling 22 days on the stand in 2019 in a $5bn (£3.7bn) fraud claim brought against him by Hewlett Packard Enterprises, one of the longest interrogations in British legal history.
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Ryanair plans to axe domestic routes
Ryanair will only operate out of London Stansted airport and will cull 13 routes to Morocco, Ukraine, Montenegro, and Norway
4 February 2021 • 6:00am
Ryanair s spat with the Civil Aviation Authority escalated on Wednesday night as plans emerged to axe all domestic routes and all services from Britain to non-EU countries.
The budget carrier will only operate out of London Stansted airport and will cull 13 routes to Morocco, Ukraine, Montenegro, and Norway.
A row erupted in December between Ryanair and the CAA over pre-Brexit rule changes. At the centre of the dispute is Ryanair’s use of so-called “wet-leasing”, where airlines hire aircraft and crew to operate services on their behalf.