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Sir Richard Branson has been left bloodied and bruised after a terrifying cycling accident. The 73-year-old businessman was biking around Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands when his bicycle hit a pot hole and he "crashed hard" leaving him with a bloodied arm and a large bruise on his hip, but he's thankful not to have broken any bones. He shared a picture of his injuries on Instagram and wrote: "Took quite a big tumble while cycling in Virgin Gorda a little while ago! I hit a pothole and crashed hard, resulting in another hematoma on my hip and a nasty cut elbow, but amazingly nothing ...
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Kevin Costner’s ex-wife Christine Baumgartner is said to be dating their former neighbour. ‘Yellowstone’ star Kevin, 68, settled his split with former partner Christine Baumgartner, 49, in September after they fought over her living in his mansion as well as child support payments and accusations she cleared their family home of valuables before she moved out. A source has now said handbag designer Christine has moved on from her actor ex with financier Josh Connor, who was a neighbour and friend to the former couple. The insider told People: “Josh was initially just a friend. (Christine) like...
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Kevin Costner is said to have partied on Sir Richard Branson’s island to recover from his divorce battle. ‘The Bodyguard’ star, 68, settled his split with his former partner Christine Baumgartner, 49, in September after they fought over her living in his mansion as well as child support payments and accusations she cleared their family home of valuables before she moved out. A source told Page Six Kevin was on 73-year-old Sir Richard’s Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands for the Necker Cup, the annual tennis tournament dubbed the “world’s most exclusive pro-am tennis event”. Sources sa...
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Sir Richard Branson has hailed Virgin Galactic's latest flight as "an extraordinary moment in the history of space exploration". The billionaire businessman watched from Antigua and Barbuda as Virgin Galactic took its first tourists to the edge of space, and Branson subsequently hailed the flight as a spectacular success for his company. Branson, 73 - who is the founder of the Virgin Group - said in a blog post: "Today marks an extraordinary moment in the history of space exploration and a significant milestone not just for Antigua and Barbuda and the UK, but for the world. I always believed t...
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Sir Richard Branson has successfully launched his first commercial space flight. The businessman's Virgin Galactic company started commercial operations on Thursday (29.06.23) with a flight on the rocket plane Unity which launched from New Mexico taking three Italians into orbit to conduct scientific experiments - marking the company's first paid for service after a number of previous test flights. Speaking after the mission - which lasted 72 minutes and was live-streamed around the world - Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier said: "This historic flight was our first commercial flight and o...
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Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has been shut down. The billionaire businessman has decided to close the rocket company months after it suffered a major mission failure. Although the company's first ever satellite mission in the UK reached space, it still fell short of its target orbit. The Virgin Orbit brand has also struggled financially over recent months, with the company selling off most of its headquarters in California in a bid to survive its economic woes. What's more, Virgin Orbit "paused all operations" and fired a large number of staff members in an an effort to improve its finan...
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Sir Richard Branson thinks his dyslexia is a "superpower." The 72-year-old entrepreneur was diagnosed with the developmental disorder - which causes problems with reading, writing, and spelling abilities - in his twenties after years of struggling at school but is now trying to get parents and children alike to "celebrate" the condition and follow their dreams anyway. Speaking on UK TV show 'This Morning', he said: "I really do think it is my superpower. I have a grandchild who is dyslexic and he is really proud of that. Dyslexic people may struggle a little bit with conventional schooling lik...
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The first orbital space launch on British terrority failed. Newquay Airport in Cornwall played host the inaugural space mission that saw a repurposed 747 jumbo jet attempt to launch nine satellites into space on Monday night (09.01.23) but it did not go as planned by the operator Virgin Orbit, a company owned by the billionaire Sir Richard Branson. The plane - dubbed Cosmic Girl - successfully lifted off however it suffered an “anomaly” therefore forcing it to make an unplanned landing back on the runway, leaving no one in the plane unharmed. Matt Archer, the agency's launch programme director...
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Elon Musk paid a surprise visit to Sir Richard Branson in the middle of the night before the Virgin tycoon went into space. The 72-year-old businessman was unable to sleep the night before his Virgin Galactic rocket plane travelled to the edge of space in July 2021 so he went downstairs and was shocked to find his friend and rival in his kitchen with his baby X Æ A-12 after being let into the house by a family member. He said: “I think it was about 2.30am. I woke up two hours earlier than I was meant to and jumped out of bed, and then actually realised I’d got the wrong time but by then I was ...
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The first orbital space launch on British terrority is set to take off. Newquay Airport in Cornwall is set to become the host of the inaugural British space mission that will see a 747 jumbo jet - which has been refitted for the purpose - to send nine satellites into outer space at roughly midnight UK time on Monday (09.01.22). If all goes to plan, it will mark a huge moment in UK space exploration as it debuts its foray into space exploration. Melissa Thorpe from Spaceport Cornwall said: "What we've seen over the last eight years is this building of excitement towards something very aspiratio...
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