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Sir Richard Branson spotted on a double decker bus-turned ship

A beach villa suite at the Six Senses Kanuhura Resort in the Maldives.

Travel: Luxury for less in the Maldives

Monica Galetti and Rob Rinder

Sunday: Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby (BBC2, 8pm)

Sir Richard Branson has been forced to sell Virgin Orbit

Sir Richard Branson’s rocket company Virgin Orbit closes

Amol Rajan interviews Richard Branson

Thursday: Richard Branson: Amol Rajan Interviews (BBC Two, 7pm)

Virgin Orbit, a rocket business owned by British billionaire Sir Richard Branson, has filed for bankruptcy in the US after failing to attract new investment.

Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy

Virgin Orbit is to lay off staff and cease operations after failing to secure new investment. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit to lay off staff and cease operations

The rocket was released over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California (Photo: Shutterstock)

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit rocket failed on its first flight - here’s why

Flights from Gatwick will not resume once lockdown is lifted (Photo: Shutterstock)

Virgin Atlantic is permanently cancelling all flights out of Gatwick - and cutti...

Here's Richard Branson's dispute with the NHS explained as Virgin Atlantic seeks...

Virgin Australia has entered into voluntary administration, making it the first major Australian corporation that has folded because of the coronavirus pandemic (Photo: Shutterstock)

Virgin Australia enters into voluntary administration putting 16,000 jobs at ris...

Virgin Atlantic has cancelled more April flights - here's what to do if you're a...

April Fool’s Day is the perfect excuse for trickery, jokes and invention, and this year as the UK’s lockdown continues, there will be plenty of time to plan an excellent prank (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here are some of the best pranks, jokes and ideas to trick your friends on April...

Lauren Hampshire has been named winner of the Digital Entrepreneur Award at the Digital Women Awards in London

Belfast mum wins Entrepreneur Award in London

Virgin has made its mark with trains and planes, but the company is now taking to the waters, with the launch of its first ever first cruise ship, Scarlet Lady (Photo: Virgin Voyages)

Virgin’s new cruise ship has its own tattoo parlour, cocktail mixology sessions ...

Virgin Holidays will no longer offer packages to SeaWorld after concerns about a... Lloyd Bent

You can now stay at Richard Branson’s luxury Verbier lodge - this is how much it...

Pret A Manger is one of hundreds of companies across the UK to open its doors to ex-offenders (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pret A Manger is offering work placements to prisoners

Sa Punta, Son Bunyola, Mallorca

Staying in Branson's bolthole

Surfing brothers Ricky, left, and Chris Martin

400 investors put Skunkworks brothers on a £500,000 wave

Only one in ten workers still wears a suit to work as smart casual takes over

Being healthy improves your bank account

Eight ways a healthy lifestyle can improve your finances

'Jedi Jim' (left) and Dr Leah Totten (right). Could you be the next NI contestant to impress Lord Sugar?

TV: Applicants wanted for BBC show The Apprentice

Jeremy Corbyn (left) with Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams at the House of Commons in 1995. Photo by Louisa Buller

Why we hold Corbyn in contempt

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, walking past several empty, unreserved seats in Coach F, after a video emerged last week which showed Mr Corbyn sitting on the floor, reading a newspaper

I wanted two seats together so I could talk to my wife, says Corbyn in train row

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, walking past several empty, unreserved seats in Coach F, after a video emerged last week which showed Mr Corbyn sitting on the floor, reading a newspaper

Corbyn '˜ignored empty seats to sit on floor'

CEO Jayne-Anne Gadhia said the company continued to deliver strongly against its objectives

Virgin Money sees 53% profits surge

Lender Virgin Money has seen profits rocket as its growth in mortgages, savings and credit cards remained a step ahead of the market.

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On February 2, 1979  Sex Pistols bass player Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose in New York. Pic: Chicago Art Department

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