Cameron Angus-Mackay,BBC Scotland Newsand Andrew Thomson,BBC Scotland News Highland Council The marble bust has a recommended sale price of £3.1m The UK government has placed a temporary export ban on an 18th Century artwork in a bid to prevent it from being sold to an overseas buyer. The marble bust of Highland landowner Sir John … Read more
Wall, the No 1 NBA draft pick in 2010, is best known for his spectacular point guard play with the Washington Wizards. Five-time All-Star and former top overall draft pick John Wall announced his retirement from the NBA on Tuesday. Wall, who will turn 35 on September 6, last played in the league with the … Read more
CNN — John Prescott, a former British deputy prime minister in Tony Blair’s Labour government, has died, his family said on Thursday. Prescott, 86, died following a battle with Alzheimer’s, his family said in a post on X. He served as deputy prime minister from 1997 to 2007. Prescott was one of Blair’s most colourful … Read more
Tropical Storm John was strengthening over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday and was forecast to become a hurricane and make landfall in Mexico, where it killed at least two people earlier in the week. The storm was forecast to regain hurricane status before making landfall Thursday night near the southwestern city of Lázaro Cárdenas, the … Read more
Hurricane John made landfall in western Mexico late Monday after rapidly intensifying into a Category 3 storm, bringing heavy rainfall and the risk of flooding and landslides to the country’s Pacific coast. The storm’s effects on Monday were felt from the central coast of Oaxaca to Acapulco, a resort city in the neighboring state of … Read more
The White House believes Iran is still prepared to “do something if they choose to” and is not taking for granted Iran’s decision to not yet launch an attack on Israel, National Security Council Communications Advisor John Kirby told reporters on a Friday morning call to preview the critical high-level ceasefire negotiations beginning Sunday … Read more
Leon Neal/Getty Images A manhunt is underway in the South of England to locate a man who is alleged to have killed the wife and two daughters of BBC horseracing commentator John Hunt. Police told reporters during a news conference earlier today that the three women were allegedly killed in a crossbow attack by a … Read more