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BLETHER: Dundee Primary Schools Select, plea from Down Under to find boxing pal and World Cup winners who played on Dundee Violet's pitch

This is the Dundee Primary Schools Select from 1974.
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These Chinese firms were blacklisted for Uighur oppression. Now they want to sell COVID-19 surveillance tools to the West

Chinese companies blacklisted by the US for their involvement in Uighur oppression are rapidly expanding to sell COVID-19 surveillance tech, a report from Top10VPN shows. The...
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One of Britain's biggest influencers, ImJustBait, speaks out on Black Lives Matter and racism in the UK

8 minutes ago | Business Insider

Anthony 'Antz' Robb has gained millions of followers on social media for his razor-sharp mix of memes, music, and viral video clips. The global influencer market is currently...
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When did Madeleine McCann go missing? A timeline of the events

12 minutes ago | The Telegraph

Nepali climbers and support staff destitute after Everest closure

16 minutes ago | The Guardian

Guides, sherpas and cooks struggling to feed families due to loss of income from coronavirus measures Nepali climbers who earn a living supporting international mountaineering...
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'Everyone is in that fine line between death and life': inside Everest's deadliest queue

16 minutes ago | The Guardian

A year on from the loss of 11 people on the world's highest mountain, survivors talk about what went wrong and why Nirmal Purja is someone who responds to a crisis by becoming...
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Dutch authorities ordered 10,000 mink to be culled in case they became a 'reservoir' of COVID-19 - but animal rights activists have postponed their deaths

20 minutes ago | Business Insider

Authorities in the Netherlands ordered the culling of 10,000 mink after studies suggest that they could be harboring COVID-19, and may later pass it to humans. The order came...
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Coronavirus Northern Ireland updates Saturday June 6

22 minutes ago | Belfast telegraph

Economy Minister Diane Dodds has called on the Northern Ireland Executive to fast-track plans to come out of lockdown in a bid to minimize damage to the economy.
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Nicola Sturgeon on brink: NATO chief's ‘cataclysmic' Scottish independence vision exposed

22 minutes ago | Daily Express

NICOLA STURGEON's vision of an independent Scotland would have a "cataclysmic" impact on the world, a former NATO general secretary claimed in a throwback speech.
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Demolition work begins at site of former Strathmartine Hospital following latest blaze

24 minutes ago | Evening Telegraph

Demolition crews have started to tear down parts of the fire-ravaged former Strathmartine Hospital.
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Joe Biden officially secures Democratic nomination to face Donald Trump in...

Joe Biden slams Trump for suggesting George Floyd is 'looking down' from...

Joe Biden slammed President Donald Trump for suggesting on Friday that George Floyd, the Black man killed by Minneapolis police last week, is celebrating from heaven, possibly... Read more ...

Trump says Brees should NOT have apologized for calling NFL player protests...

Donald Trump waded back into the debate over NFL player protests by condemning New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees's recent apology for calling the demonstrations 'disrespectful.' Read more ...

Justin Trudeau takes a knee at protest but Twitter immediately calls him out...

Justin Trudeau took a public knee during an anti-racism protest in Ottawa on Friday, but not without being reminded of his blackface photos that emerged last year. Read more ...

Trump has reportedly ordered the military to pull thousands of US troops out...

The White House has directed the Pentagon to pull thousands of US troops out of Germany, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday , citing US officials. The WSJ reported that... Read more ...

GMB's Kate Garraway reveals the unfathomable pain of her husband's plunge...

Speaking from her north London home, Kate Garraway, 53, talked to Good Morning Britain about her husband Derek Draper's battle with coronavirus which has left him gravely ill... Read more ...

Meghan Markle sponsors a kennel costing £10-a-month in Archie's name at...

The Mayhew shelter in north London asks members of the public to pay £10 a month to sponsor a 'deluxe dog room'. Pictured inset, Megan with Archie, main, during a visit to the... Read more ...

White House is accused of putting reporters at risk with close Rose Garden...

The White House was accused of putting reporters' health at risk when it violated social distancing guidelines by arranging chairs too closely at President Trump's event. Read more ...

Matt Hancock introduces mandatory face coverings in hospital for medics...

Face coverings will become compulsory in hospitals for all staff and outpatients, Matt Hancock said today. Read more ...

Donald Trump calls massive fall in unemployment a 'great day' for murdered...

President Donald Trump said at the White House Friday that said murdered George Floyd was 'looking down' at the country and it was a 'great day' for him following an... Read more ...