LONDON (Reuters) - An investigation has begun at one of Britain's most prestigious private schools after a member of staff was arrested on suspicion of trying to poison the pupils' soup, police said on Wednesday. Detectives were called to Stowe School, whose former pupils include billionaire Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, after other members of staff raised the alarm about ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic is aiming to launch test flights into space in 2011, but does not need additional financing after selling a stake to Abu Dhabi's Abaar last year, its chief executive said on Wednesday. The offshoot of billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways in December unveiled the first commercial passenger spaceship, a sleek black-and-white vessel that ...

Newcomers Virgin are out to show that teams don't need to spend a large fortune to achieve success in Formula One. Team owner Richard Branson, speaking at the final session of pre-season testing here on Saturday, explained: "I think the one thing the Virgin team will prove is that you can have a really good racing team, running very ...