BA must be very forgiving

After all its tussles with Virgin over the years, to say nothing of Branson's airline dumping them in the compost over the rigging of fuel surcharges, it's surprisingly generous of BA to be one of the first advertisers on Virgin 1, Dickie's new TV service.

Or perhaps they're just going to display a caption reading "SWITCH OVER TO SKY ONE NOW".

Virgin loses it

We're at a bit of a loss as to how Arriva is even allowed to bid for rail franchises, much less take the Virgin cross-country services. Arriva had the Merseyrail contract taken off it in 2002 when its bid for an extension of the franchise didn't even make the shortlist; in the same year it lost a franchise in the North East. If you're considered to have made such a botch of actually running services they're taken off you and given to other people, why would you even be invited to try your hand again?