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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

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Nationwide buying Virgin Money is an awful deal

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

Evening Standard

Nationwide swoops on Virgin Money in controversial £2.9 billion deal

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

Evening Standard

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 - AU

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

The Guardian - UK

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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.

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - AU

“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”

Louder

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

Evening Standard

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.

TechRadar

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

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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

TechRadar

BT vs Virgin Media: which is the better broadband provider?

We compare broadband options from BT and Virgin so you don't have to!

Space

Virgin Galactic launches 1st Ukrainian woman to space — and 3 others — on Galactic 06 suborbital flight (video)

Virgin Galactic launched its sixth commercial mission today (Jan. 26), sending four passengers to suborbital space and back.

The Guardian - UK

Virgin Media is most complained about UK broadband provider

Ofcom figures show Virgin attracted about 32 complaints per 100,000 customers compared with 18 for Now Broadband

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Evening Standard

UK economy could get £149bn boost by appointing 'Better Business Tsar', report claims

The report was backed by bosses of Virgin, Greggs and the London School of Economics

The Guardian - AU

Virgin should get rights to extra Bali flights over Jetstar, Transport Workers Union says

TWU backs Virgin over Qantas’s budget carrier, citing former’s commitment to employing locally based crews in submission to International Air Services Commission

AAP

Virgin Australia signs code-sharing deal with Link

A new code-sharing agreement between Virgin Australia and Link Airlines has expanded Virgin's reach to regional locations.

The Guardian - AU

Which Boeing Max planes fly in Australia and should I be worried about flying on one?

The regulator has ruled Max 8s which operate in Australia are safe, while no local airline flies the Max 9 that was involved in the US emergency

The Independent UK

Couple forced to pay $3,000 at airport because of name typo

‘They didn’t have time – that was their reasoning – to issue a name change on the ticket. But they had time to sell us a new ticket,’ passenger explains

Newcastle Herald

Domestic airlines can help ease cost burden

Come on Qantas and Virgin. How about it?

Fortune

Richard Branson called Hyperloop One ‘ridiculously exciting’ five years ago. Now it’s shutting down

"I am convinced this groundbreaking technology will change transportation as we know," Branson said in 2017.

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