[ad_1] US Vice-President JD Vance will join his wife Usha in travelling to Greenland on Friday, a visit that follows Donald Trump's threats to take over the island.The couple will go to the Pituffik Space Base to receive a briefing on Arctic security issues and meet members of US forces stationed there, according to the White House. Usha Vance had planned to travel to the Danish territory on a cultural
[ad_1] Getty ImagesRhea Chakraborty says Bollywood roles dried up after the scandalBollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty was called "a gold digger" and "a murderer". She was slut-shamed and spent 27 days in prison after a hate-filled vicious media campaign in 2020 alleged she had been involved in the death of her actor boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput.Now, India's federal investigators have told a court that Rajput, a rising star in India's popular
[ad_1] BBCThis is the gravest crisis for Western security since the end of World War Two, and a lasting one. As one expert puts it, "Trumpism will outlast his presidency". But which nations are equipped to step to the fore as the US stands back?At 09.00 one morning in February 1947, the UK ambassador in Washington, Lord Inverchapel, walked into the State Department to hand the US Secretary of State,
[ad_1] Equality Commission for Northern IrelandMaeve Bradley said it was "quite a shock" when the person who was covering her maternity leave was promoted in her absenceA woman who accepted £215,000 in a discrimination settlement has said she took the case to ensure no other woman is "penalised for taking time off to have a child". Maeve Bradley held the role of assistant vice president at Citibank in Belfast when
[ad_1] Optomen TelevisionStacey and Joe first met on the set of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!We might feel like we know Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash already. We have seen them live off rice and beans in the Australian rainforest in I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! We have watched Joe learn to ice skate in Dancing on Ice and Stacey declutter homes in Sort
[ad_1] Michael RaceBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThe chancellor will set out her plans for the UK economy during the Spring Statement on Wednesday 26 March.Rachel Reeves has ruled out further tax rises, but faces difficult choices because of the weak performance of the UK economy and world events. Reeves is due make her statement in Parliament at about 12:30.Afterwards, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) - which monitors the government's
[ad_1] Lucy HookerBusiness reporter, BBC NewsRadhika GuptaOn Wednesday the chancellor will give an update on her plans for the economy.The government has promised to boost growth, which should mean higher pay and more jobs, but so far the economy has been sluggish.Rachel Reeves will share the latest official forecasts and explain how she intends to tackle the big challenges facing her when she delivers her Spring Statement.Those challenges are also
[ad_1] The University of Sussex has been fined £585,000 by the higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), for failing to uphold freedom of speech.It follows the case of Prof Kathleen Stock, who left the university in 2021 after being accused of transphobia for her views on sex and gender issues.The OfS criticised the university's policy statement on Trans and Non-Binary equality, saying its requirement to "positively represent trans
[ad_1] Giancarlo RinaldiBBC Scotland newsAlistair DougalJim Dougal and Betty Davidson met up again recently after more than 85 yearsTwo childhood sweethearts have been reunited after more than 85 years thanks to an old school photograph.Jim Dougal and Betty Davidson (nee Dougal) used to walk to school together hand in hand in Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders in the 1930s.They lost touch after Jim's family moved away in about 1939, but
[ad_1] Getty ImagesArmadale Castle is a popular tourist destinationAilean Beaton and Gilleasbuig MacdonaldBBC NaidheachdanOne of the largest estates on the Isle of Skye, which includes a famous castle and the historic lands of the Clan MacDonald, is being put up for sale.The charity which owns the land said it had taken the "difficult" decision to sell Armadale Castle and the 20,000-acre estate because of financial challenges.The Clan Donald Lands Trust
