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2 days ago
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US Vice-President JD Vance leaves Scotland after family holiday
US Vice-President JD Vance has left Scotland after a private holiday with his spent four days in the country, during which time he stayed on a private country estate in Hurlford on the outskirts of Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire.A motorcade took Vance and his family to Prestwick Airport on Sunday morning before he took off on Air Force Two just before 13: his time in the country, he golfed at President Donald Trump's Turnberry resort and also spent time in the Cotswolds in England, where he met foreign secretary, David Lammy. His visit came just weeks after Trump arrived in Scotland for a flying visit, where he too golfed at Turnberry and his course at Menie in return to the US coincides with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and other world leaders, including Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, travelling to the White House for a meeting with Trump. It follows talks between the US president and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska, which failed to reach a deal on ending the war in Ukraine.A few plane spotters gathered outside the airport to watch Air Force One take who refers to himself as a "Scots-Irish hillbilly, stayed at the sprawling 2,000-acre Carnell Estates, which features a 14th Century tower and a 10-bedroom like Trump, claims Scottish ancestry, but from Galloway rather than the Isle of Lewis, where the president's mother was that claim, made in his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy, has been questioned in the past. Police Scotland previously confirmed they were carrying out a "significant policing operation" prior to Vance's restrictions were put in place over the estate until protesters greeted him when he arrived at the estate on were later asked to disperse by Police Scotland. French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni all said they would join Starmer and Vance at the White House on has said he wants to bypass securing a ceasefire in Ukraine in favour of a permanent peace reportedly presented Trump with a peace offer during talks in Alaska that would require Ukraine withdrawing from the Donetsk region of the return, Russia would freeze front lines in Zaporizhzhia and the Ukrainian president has previously ruled out ceding control of the Donbas, saying it could be used as a springboard for future Russian attacks.
BBC News
5 days ago
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JD Vance lands in Scotland for next leg of UK holiday
US Vice-President JD Vance has arrived in Scotland during his visit to the is on a private family holiday, and will stay in a plush country estate in the outskirts of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire. The vice-president arrived on Air Force Two at Prestwick Airport and was expected to be driven a short distance to Hulford in a arrival comes just weeks after President Donald Trump was in Scotland, where he played golf on his courses at Turnberry and in Aberdeenshire. Vance will stay at Carnell Estates, a privately owned estate which has a 14th century tower and 10-bedroom mansion situated on over 2,000 acres of estate is about a 40-minute drive away from Trump's Turnberry golf Scotland previously confirmed they had plans in place for "a significant policing operation."Officers were seen at the estate ahead of Vance's arrival on Wednesday and some road closures were in place.A number of protests are expected to take place during the visit, including one outside Carnell Estate. On Tuesday, Vance met US troops stationed at the Royal Air Force Base in Fairford, Gloucestershire, where he received a briefing on the base's not on official White House business, he met David Lammy for talks about Gaza and other international affairs at the foreign secretary's official residence, Chevening House, in Kent on has since referred himself to a watchdog after photos emerged of the pair fishing without the correct also met Conservative MP's Robert Jenrick and Chris Philp and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Earlier this year the vice-president criticised Scotland over buffer zones which prevent demonstrations or vigils taking place close to abortion used the new law as an example of Europe not protecting free speech enough and used a speech in Munich to claim "even private prayer within their own homes may amount to breaking the law".Gillian Mackay, the MSP behind the legislation, said at the time the comments were said: "This is shocking and shameless misinformation from VP Vance, who is either very badly informed about what my Act has done or he is knowingly misrepresenting it."However, Vance has also described himself as a "Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart" in the past, with his ancestors having moved to the Appalachian region in the US more than three centuries ago.A Scottish government spokesperson said: "The Scottish government continues to work collaboratively with partners, including the UK government and Police Scotland, to manage the impact of a potential visit by the US Vice President to Scotland."
