ChrisG_Bristol

You can bring meat or dairy into the UK for personal use if it was bought in the EU/EEA. Not from other countries.

Depends on how much time you have available, but my Barclaycard Reward Visa was issued pretty quickly and has no overseas transaction fees (plus a 0.25% cashback). Plenty of fee-free debit cards available from Starling, Chase, etc.

Virgin Atlantic's only London base is LHR. They also have a few flights from MAN.