The Latest Breaking News from Richard Branson

Serial killer 'The Serpent' who murdered up to 24 victims to be freed from prison

Nepal’s Supreme Court has ruled that notorious serial killer Charles Sobhraj will be freed from prison, due to his health, despite being linked to as many as two dozen murders across Asia

Daily Mirror · Dec 21, 2022

Virgin wins permit to carry out UK's first ever space launch - from brand new facility

Virgin Orbit has secured licences to carry out the UK's first ever space launch in a mission named 'Start Me Up' - and the company plans to launch the aircraft from Cornwall

Daily Mirror · Dec 21, 2022

I’ve lost touch with reality after lunch on Necker with Sir Richard Branson

There is an illustration that does the rounds on Twitter from time to time which tickles me in a profound sort of way. It’s from Arthur Lobel’s Frog and Toad series, the children’s books, and shows the pyjamaed Toad sitting up in bed frowning over the day’s to-do list. The…

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2022

TV shows to watch this week: Dolly Parton saves Christmas special with old-time religion

'Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas'

Tribune News Service · Dec 1, 2022

Branson on Sky and NOW documentary review: say what you like about ‘old beardy’, it’s one hell of a story

This documentary shows if you strip away the shameless showmanship, Branson has created one of Britain’s few properly global brands from scratch and had a lot of fun along the way

Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2022

Cornwall's Spaceport leaves 'already struggling' locals divided over benefits

The first space mission from the site in Newquay, Cornwall is expected to be conducted by entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit company in the coming weeks

Daily Mirror · Nov 23, 2022

Blind passenger upgraded after being ‘kicked off’ Virgin cruise ship

‘We don’t have enough supports for you as a blind solo traveller,’ man was told

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022

Away Game: Rock the Kasbah

The pleasures awaiting you at this Moroccan mountain hideaway are worth the journey, says Ben Cobb

Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2022

The Case for Space Billionaires

What critics of the private space race get wrong

Reason · Nov 15, 2022

He paid Virgin Galactic $175K in 2007 to be on a spaceflight. Now 84, Elk Grove Village man, tired of waiting, got his money back.

Shefket Chapadjiev hoped to take a ride on one of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic rocket ships. But he’s happy with what he has in life — including a 1½ -year-old granddaughter.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 11, 2022