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Campaign against Nationwide takeover of Virgin Money puts pressure on board

Society denies ignoring members, but says a vote is not possible

Evening Standard

British Airways stewardess ordered home after drunken row at £2,000-a-night Maldives hotel

British Airways is investigating after a stewardess was ordered home following a drunken altercation at a £2,000-a-night hotel in the Maldives.

Evening Standard

Two passenger planes clip wings at Heathrow

Footage on social media shows wing of Virgin Atlantic plane overlapping wing of BA aircraft

The Guardian - UK

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Virgin and British Airways passenger planes crash at Heathrow Airport

Ghana-bound British Airways flight delayed several hours after collision on runway

Evening Standard

Qantas and Virgin Australia put on notice over offsets after landmark decision on greenwashing

Dutch court’s ruling that KLM misled customers is a ‘wakeup call’ on decarbonisation plans, climate advocacy group says

The Guardian - AU

Boeing files lawsuit against Virgin Galactic over development of new mothership aircraft

Boeing and Aurora Flight Sciences are suing Virgin Galactic for unpaid work and trade secrets related to a new mothership aircraft for Virgin Galactic’s next-generation space planes.

Space

“I gave my vintage Jazzmaster to a girl after a show in Liverpool. 30 years later she sent me back the guitar. It’s like it died and went to heaven and came back to me”: The miraculous return of US shoegaze pioneers Drop Nineteens

Having not played guitar for 20 years, Greg Ackell and the band are back with Hard Light, finding new ways of crafting sound without expanding the pedalboard

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Nationwide members deserve a vote on Virgin deal – but won’t get one

With the £2.9bn acquisition having big sway over its future, owners should have a say, but democractic governance is blocked

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

Phil Manzanera on being sampled by Kanye West and Jay-Z: "Who knew that I would earn more money from a short guitar riff that I wrote one evening on a sofa in front of the telly in 1978 than I ever earned in the entire 50 years as a member of Roxy Music?"

The guitarist had no say in his riff being used on Watch The Throne track No Church In The Wild but says he received a one-third share of the publishing and royalties revenue

MusicRadar

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

The Guardian - UK

Best cabin luggage, tried and tested: Top cabin bags to shop for your flight

Hand luggage only? We’ve got the best bags to pass pedantic rules with flying colours

Evening Standard

So much for the challenge from ‘challenger’ banks

The uncomfortable truth is that size remains an enormous advantage in retail banking

The Guardian - UK

Nationwide buying Virgin Money is an awful deal

City Comment: Claims that this deal will boost mutuality are hollow

Evening Standard

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Nationwide swoops on Virgin Money in controversial £2.9 billion deal

Deal lands £414m windfall to Richard Branson’s Virgin Group

The Guardian - AU

Who let the dogs on? Everything you need to know about Virgin Australia’s planned pets in cabins scheme

From confining animals to carriers to dealing with doggy business, how will the airline’s policy to let small cats and canines fly in plane cabins actually work?

The Guardian - UK

Virgin Media O2 clients hit with 8.8% price rises or crippling exit fees

Increase is biggest hike in percentage terms of any major broadband or mobile firm this year

Evening Standard

Graham Norton announces he is quitting Virgin Radio weekend shows

The Irish chat show host joined the station in 2021 following a decade on BBC Radio 2.

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The Guardian - AU

Airlines cancelling flights at Sydney airport could lose takeoff and landing slots in crackdown

Federal government moves to force carriers to give reasons for cancellations amid accusations some done strategically in ‘slot hoarding’

The Guardian - AU

Virgin Australia CEO Jayne Hrdlicka steps down after nearly four years in top role

Hrdlicka’s abrupt departure comes as airline’s owners plan to push ahead with relisting on stock exchange

Louder

“I didn’t want the job with Robert Plant, I wasn’t after it and there were 5,000 guys that were - but they called me. When things come into your life, embrace them; when they leave, let them go”: Francis Dunnery’s lessons in life

It Bites co-founder shares his experiences of Steve Hackett, Genesis, Yes and the music industry - and why he thinks it’s no bad thing that most of prog is a “caricature”

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

TechRadar

Virgin Media launches its fastest home broadband yet — this could be the key for better working from home at last, but businesses still miss out for now

Virgin Media is rolling out 2Gbps broadband across major UK cities after successfully selling its 1Gbps connection.

The Guardian - AU

Qantas decision to reduce flight capacity may have led to RBA rate hike, inquiry finds

The ACTU inquiry into price gouging chaired by Allan Fels strongly criticised the lack of competition in Australia’s domestic aviation industry

Louder

“If there’s a message it’s live every day as if it’s your last. I went through a very sticky patch… The freedom of not being enslaved by addiction is marvellous”: John Wetton’s return from the darkness

With Asia on the rocks and a scuppered solo deal, the singer found himself struggling with alcohol in the 90s - before he finally earned himself a reprieve

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