BRANSON RINGS THE CHANGES

30-03-2007

Thousands of cable TV viewers lost their favourite Sky channels when Richard Branson's Virgin Media took over the old Telewest franchise - and now The Stirrer can reveal that their phone calls will go up too.

Virgin have decided to start “rounding up” call times, so that subscribers will be charged by the minute instead of by the second.

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There's also disappointing news that The Queen is snubbing Birmingham Royal Ballet in the States later this year. She'll be in the same area, on the same day as the company performs Sleeping Beauty - but will be “otherwise engaged”.