Richard Branson
The actor had to sell back his ticket for one of billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic flights.
The Virgin founder paid tribute to the 96-year-old in a post dedicated to her on the company's website.
Sir Richard Branson's airline company has already cut a third of its workforce and closed its Gatwick base.
Sir Richard Branson's company had previously asked the UK government for a bailout.
US President Donald Trump will sign a temporary order to halt all immigration into the country although no further details have been shared on the time and scope of the ban yet. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged countries not to politicise the pandemic saying he understands tragedy, citing his home country Eritrea’s 20 years of war in the past. The price of U.S. oil fell below zero for the first time in history meaning oil companies paid to get rid of their product, the knock on effect from lockdowns around the country doesn't necessarily mean consumers will pay less at the pump though. In the UK Parliament is returning from easter recess where TVs have been added to the House of Commons chamber so MPs can attend via Zoom. The government is expected to debate Sir Richard Branson’s much-criticised ask for taxpayer support to help save his company Virgin - the billionaire has offered to mortgage his private Caribbean island in the tax-free British Virgin Islands. And in Italy, after their coach asked for a video of them practicing, two girls have made a clip showing them playing tennis together - on separate roofs.
MacKenzie Bezos has pledged to give away half her $36.6 billion fortune to charity. She is the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. She joins several other billionaires in the Giving Pledge, such as George Lucas, Richard Branson, Elon Musk & Michael Bloomberg.
Billionaire entrepreneur and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has unveiled a mockup of a new moon lander. Bezos, who is also the founder of rocket company Blue Origin, hopes that ‘Blue Moon’ will help the drive to establish a lunar outpost on the moon within the next five years. If successful, it will be the first time humans have set foot on the moon since 1972.
Virgin's partner Stagecoach has been barred from three rail franchise bids.
'Three seconds earlier and we would all certainly have been killed.'
Instead, he claimed Chris’ upcoming move was fuelled by a desire for 'a change'.