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Richard Branson to open his first ever London hotel in Shoreditch

Hotel will launch on Curtain Road in August with 120 rooms

Evening Standard

‘I decided screw it, let’s give it a go’: Richard Branson says airlines were ‘abysmal’ when he started Virgin

Exclusive: In 1984, the Virgin Atlantic founder wondered: ‘will we last more than three or four years?’

The Independent UK

Richard Branson unveils succession plan to give Virgin Atlantic to his kids

Branson's daughter Holly is Virgin Atlantic's chief purpose and vision officer, while his son Sam is an informal advisor.

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Richard Branson says getting rid of bars on his planes was ‘dreadful mistake’ and will bring them back

Bar services were stopped in 2019 in favour of a ‘loft’ area

The Independent UK

Virgin Galactic Completes Final Spaceflight Before Two-year Pause

Virgin Galactic on Saturday successfully completed its last spaceflight before heading into a two-year pause on commercial operations to upgrade its fleet, as the space tourism company seeks to finally turn a profit.

International Business Times

Virgin Galactic Set For Final Spaceflight Before Two-year Pause

Virgin Galactic is poised on Saturday for its last spaceflight before heading into a two-year pause on commercial operations to upgrade its fleet, as the company seeks to finally turn a profit.

International Business Times

The seven best hotels for a city break in Edinburgh

From grand dames to new boutique openings, these are the Edinburgh hotels that will make your trip to Auld Reekie exceptional

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Virgin Money shareholders vote for Nationwide takeover by big majority

The deal won approval of 89% of voting shareholders, lining up Richard Branson for a £724m windfall from sale

The Guardian - UK

First Black astronaut candidate, now 90, reaches space in Blue Origin flight

Ex-air force captain Ed Dwight, passed over by Nasa in 1961, now oldest person to reach edge of space with Jeff Bezo’s space firm

The Guardian - US

Hundreds of Virgin Atlantic cabin crew sue for unfair dismissal

Tribunal in London will hear claims Richard Branson’s airline used Covid redundancies to target older staff

The Guardian - UK

Virgin plots rail return with proposal to run West Coast routes

Company says it can offer ‘much-needed choice’ in bid to create direct competition for Avanti West Coast

The Guardian - UK

Sir Richard Branson—who hates being called a billionaire—sees net worth fall back to 2000 levels

Branson took a $126 million hit to his fortune last year as he continued to fight several fires at his Virgin Group.

Fortune

Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty rise up rich list as fortune increases by £120m

Sunday Times rich list shows couple’s fortune soared while millions of Britons struggled with cost of living

The Guardian - UK

“The punk thing happened and all I saw was this skinny guy shouting. Suddenly it was all the rage and they were calling me rude names”: Bewildered and reclusive, Mike Oldfield just wanted to make double albums

He’d recorded Tubular Bells with substandard instruments but later Richard Branson personally delivered a world-class studio to his cottage. It still took Oldfield over 40 years to make sense of his original vision

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Evening Standard

Nationwide's £2.9bn deal for Virgin Money must be stopped — members should sign up

City Voices: Give Nationwide Members a say on the purchase of Virgin Money

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The Guardian - UK

Nationwide agrees £2.9bn deal to take over Virgin Money

Richard Branson has already indicated he will back takeover that will require the agreement of the group’s shareholders

The Guardian - UK

Nationwide faces mounting calls to give members say on Virgin Money takeover

Experts question if ‘bigger is better’ and whether members should be consulted on the £2.9bn deal

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The Guardian - UK

Virgin Money bosses in line for £6m if Nationwide takeover goes ahead

Chief executive David Duffy would be biggest winner on £3.5m, with large paydays for about 12 other staff if deal goes through

Woman & Home

33 places Princess Diana loved to spend time at - from Argentina’s remote Patagonia to her tropical Caribbean island hideaway

We revisit some of Princess Diana's favourite travel moments and the places she adored

Cycling Weekly

Richard Branson says elbow and body padding 'is a must' after bike crash - but also concedes he was holding the handlebars 'wrong'

British businessman has added elbow and hip body armour to his kit list, as well as adjusting his grip on the bar

Evening Standard

Richard Branson shares photos of injuries after horror bike crash

The Virgin founder flew off his bike after hitting a pothole while cycling in Virgin Gorga

The Independent UK

More than 4,000 pages of Epstein files have been released. These questions remain unanswered

Very few new details and names have emerged in the more than 4,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein files that have been unsealed. Judge Loretta Preska has yet to rule on whether the names of two J Does mentioned in the documents will be released to the public. Andrea Blanco reports

Salon

Don Jr hypes Epstein list that names dad

"This seems like a big deal if true why has nothing been done about it?" Donald Trump Jr. tweeted

The Independent UK

Photos of Ghislaine Maxwell on Epstein’s ‘paedophile island’ resurface in new documents

The photos were introduced by Virginia Giuffre’s attorneys as proof of Maxwell’s ‘involvement in the sex trafficking and abuse’

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