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Stephen L. Carter: Driving more slowly won’t help defeat Putin

While we’re on the subject of swashbuckling billionaires, Richard Branson has lately proposed lowering speed limits, a move he says will save gasoline and thereby reduce the flow of money to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war machine. I’m all for defeating Putin, but making drivers slow down would have little…

Tribune News Service

Singapore executes mentally disabled man

A mentally disabled Malaysian man was executed in Singapore on Wednesday, his family said, after losing a long legal battle and despite a storm of international criticism and appeals for clemency.

Bangkok Post

Virgin Voyages reveals name of new cruise ship celebrating boundary-pushing women

Virgin Voyages cruise line has revealed the name of its new cruise ship set to join its fleet alongside Scarlet Lady, Valiant Lady and Resilient Lady

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GMB's Andi Peters savaged by ITV cameraman as he makes dig in hilarious skit

Competition king Andi Peters was savaged by a cameraman on ITV today, as he made a dig at the staff member during an appearance on Good Morning Britain today

Daily Mirror

Slash speed limit on UK motorways to save fuel and help beat Putin, Richard Branson says

Virgin Group founder calls on businesses and individuals to do their bit to reduce west’s reliance on Russian energy amid war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Could your next holiday destination be in space?

Are you ready for the ultimate trip? Get saving now because in a future not so far, far away space travel will no longer be science fiction. Samuel Fishwick explores the final frontier in luxury tourism

Evening Standard

Devo: ‘Richard Branson almost killed us in the Jamaican mountains’

Gerard Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh on being bombarded by hippies at Knebworth in 1978, being told off by Neil Young and their unreleased jam sessions with Bowie and Eno in Cologne

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Sir Richard Branson "retiring" from betting on horses after shock Grand National result

Billionaire Branson backed 2022 Grand National hero Noble Yeats, ridden by family friend Sam Waley-Cohen - and also had a 100-1 winner at the Kentucky Derby

Daily Mirror

Virgin Voyages’ 3rd ship completes sea trials, heads to Puerto Rico this fall

Richard Branson’s cruise venture Virgin Voyages will be full up in Miami as it brings two ships to sail from the Magic City this fall. So for its newest ship Resilient Lady, the line is venturing to Puerto Rico to take on the Southern Caribbean.

Orlando Sentinel

Space Swap: Richard Branson Wants Trip With SpaceX, Suggests Elon Musk Flies With Virgin Galactic

After a trip to space last summer on his own rocket plane, Sir Richard Branson now wants to take another journey beyond the clouds, but this time in a SpaceX rocket.

Benzinga

Ax-1: why the private mission to the International Space Station is a game changer

It’s not long since billionaires were competing to get to the “edge of space”. Now, the first set of private citizens are getting ready to take a SpaceX shuttle up to the International Space Station (ISS). Unlike the short “joyrides” of Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, this mission will be…

The Conversation

Inside Sir Freddie Laker's no-frills Skytrain airline and its turbulent collapse

Millionaire Sir Freddie Laker’s no-frills Skytrain airline went bust 40 years ago - we look back at the man who Richard Branson said was a mentor and the airline's turbulent descent

Daily Mirror

Bernie Sanders Is Wrong About the American 'Oligarchs'

"Multi-billionaires like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson are off taking joyrides on their rocket ships to outer space. They are buying $500 million superyachts."

Reason

This Morning's Holly Willoughby 'proud' of 'hidden disability'

Holly spoke about her condition and said she 'doesn't see it as a disability'

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Holly Willoughby 'proud' of being dyslexic and says it 'shouldn't be a disability'

Mother-of-three Holly Willoughby opened up about being dyslexic during Thursday's This Morning and says she sees it 'as a real feather' in her cap and doesn't think of it as a hidden disability

The Independent UK

Richard Branson hails LinkedIn for adding ‘Dyslexic Thinking’ as official skill

The platform is recognising the term as a valuable skill which can be added to member profiles.

Reason

Tom Sachs: Taking NFTs Where No Man Has Gone Before

The artist's Rocket Factory project, which lets users build and own their own virtual spacecraft, is changing how we think about reality.

Reason

Artist Tom Sachs: 'Apple Could Never Make Anything as Shitty as the Things I Make'

The Rocket Factory NFT project stands at the intersection of crypto, the metaverse, and persistent human longing for the new frontier.

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Jessie J 'growing close' to basketball star Chanan Safir Colman on private island

Jessie J has moved on from her relationship with Channing Tatum and is reportedly growing a romance while on a sunshine break on Sir Richard Branson's private Necker Island

Wales Online

Jennifer Lopez joins crew of Virgin Voyages cruise line with important new role

Superstar has been given version of the traditional ship's godmother role and will be known as chief entertainment and lifestyle officer

Manchester Evening News

Stars light up the Arndale in fascinating throwback photos - from teenage Ed Sheeran to Roberto Mancini

The shopping centre has attracted a host of big names over the years

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh's huge new Virgin Hotel will have swanky restaurant with courtyard

Richard Branson's new lifestyle hotel will open in Edinburgh in the coming months, and his Glasgow venture will follow, as the billionaire tycoon branches out in Scotland

Orlando Sentinel

Virgin Voyages joins the new cruise terminal party in Miami

ORLANDO, Fla. — While Richard Branson’s cruise venture Virgin Voyages made its Miami debut last fall, it finally has its own little corner of the Magic City to call home.

Benzinga

Will Virgin Galactic (SPCE) Go To The Moon Anytime Soon?

Sir Richard Branson's space tourism company Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) had its official IPO on the New York Stock exchange on October 28, 2019. The official IPO followed the merger with a public-traded special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC), which had its IPO in September 2017.

The Independent UK

Destination Space: tickets go on sale for Virgin Galactic flights into orbit

Price tag for Sir Richard Branson’s orbital adventure is over £330,000

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