and stjohnstone are taking on dundee united. those games have all kicked off at 3pm.—old made more than 300 appearances for liverpool between 1974 and 1982. he announced he's in the early stages of dementia following tests — just days after the manchester united and scotland legend, denis law, was diagnosed with the condition. last month, it was announced that professional footballers in england will be limited to ten so—called "higherforce headers" a week in training. dawn astle's father, the former west brom and england strikerjeff astle, died in 2002. a neuropathologist said the death was due to a brain condition caused by heading footballs. she wants more to be done to help former professionals. this isn'tjust this isn't just about this isn'tjust about my this isn't just about my dad this isn'tjust about my dad or terry— this isn'tjust about my dad or terry or— this isn'tjust about my dad or terry or dennis, it's about the whole — terry or dennis, it's about the whole generation of footballers that played _ whole generation of footballers that played before him, t

and in the last few minutes, dundee united have taken the lead at saintjohnstone. and finally...rt and that proved to be key. there was a crash just behind her that took out three riders, including defending champion alise willoughby. that gave shriver an advantage she never looked like losing. she's britain's second female world bmx champion, following in the footsteps of shanaze reade to wear the famous rainbow jersey. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. look forward to that, austen. thank you. a state of emergency has been declared in parts of new york as the outer bands of tropical storm henri bring heavy rainfall. the outgoing governor, andrew cuomo, said president biden is preparing to release emergency funding for the area. it's expected to be one of the most powerful storms in years. lebo diseko reports. it was meant to be a celebration of new york's triumph over the worst of the pandemic. but at this star—studded concert, it was mother nature who stole the show. thousands of people told to leave for their own safety. please pay close at

dundee and dundee united also made it through. time now for some of the day's other sport stories. wrongdoing after a positive drugs test, having been provisionally suspended following great britain's four by 100 metre relay in tokyo. ujah said in a statement, "to be absolutely clear, i am not a cheat". a week after claiming his first motogp win from pole at the styrian grand prix, jorge martin is looking to repeat the feat. the spanish rider set a new lap record at the red bull ring as he claimed pole again for the austrian grand prix. toyota's takamoto katsuta had a lucky escape after crashing during stage ten of rally belgium, the force of the impact causing extensive damage to the japanese driver's car. his british team mate elfyn evans is lying third overall, 42 seconds off the lead. england have edged into a 27 run lead after the third day of the second test against india at lords. ajoe root batting masterclass again the reason why. for the second successive match he hit a hundred but wickets fell around him late into the day as england slipped from 341—5 to 391 all out. stua

dundee host motherwell and dundee united are away to ayr.h snatched victory from derby at the weston homes stadium. wayne rooney might have thought he'd overcome derby's problems, brought about by their finances and transfer embargo, when substitute jack stretton put his side ahead. but peterborough pounced in 11 minutes of added time with goals from substitutes harrison burrows, and then siriki dembele, to take all three points. wild celebrations. peterborough take all three points. next to the cricket — joe root�*s been at it again, inspiring england on day three of the second test against india at lords. england lostjonny bairstow just after lunch, but not before he'd hit 57. alongside him, joe root so impressive again, for the second successive match, he's hit a century, another landmark he's reached today is 9,000 runs in test cricket, root is the second youngest to that number after sir alastair cook. he slots in ahead of sachin tendulkar and ricky ponting on that list. they're currently 289 for five, they've lost jos buttler who was b

and dundee united beat saintjohnstone1—1.2020. great britain's beth shriever has won the bmx world championship title. the 22 year—old made a strong start which meant she avoided a crash behind her. shriever had needed to crowdfund £50,000 to help her to compete at the olympics. she's now the first woman to win olympic and world championship bmx gold medals in the same season. that's your sport. don everly, one half of the everly brothers, has died aged 8a. don and his brother phil had a string of hits in the late 1950s and 1960s — and are credited with influencing musicians including the beatles, the bee gees and simon and garfunkel. david sillito looks back at his life. # dream, dream, dream # dream, dream, dream. # the everly brothers. in the years between elvis joining the army and the arrival of the beatles, don and phil ruled the airwaves. donnie here on the right, got his first break on the radio when he was just eight years old. they had a 50 minute radio show on saturdays, known as little donnie, and i used to get to

dundee taking the lead early on through jason cummings, before martin boyle equalised from the penaltybe in for an exciting day at carnoustie, as the women's open draws to a close. local amateur louise duncan, at just 21—year—old, is in contention going into today's final round. anna nordqvist posted a round of 65 to move to nine under par and share the lead with nanna koerstz madsen. there are 19 players within four shots of the lead and one of them is the amateur duncan, who will begin todayjust two shots off the pace. england's georgia hall is three off the lead. she is a 2018 champion. the chief executive of the ecb, tom harrison, says the inaugural season of the hundred boosted the profile of women's cricket across the world. more than 17,000 fans saw the oval invincibles beat the southern brave in yesterday's final at lord's, a record for a women's domestic match anywhere in the world, before southern brave beat birmingham pheonix in the men's final. i think it has always got to start somewhere. i think it has been a great step forward and also the regional programme that is in p

the scottish premiership, celtic bounced back from their opening day defeat at hearts by thrashing dundeeth a hat—trick. it's two wins out of two for hibs, this time they beat ross county 3—0. jack mackenzie scored an injury time winner as aberdeen beat livingston 2—i. stjohnstone drew with motherwell. an emotional lionel messi broke down in tears today, as he spoke publicly for the first time since announcing his departure from barcelona. the 34—year—old revealed he didn't want to leave the spanish side — where he won ten league titles, and the champions league four times crowns but the club cannot afford to keep him. reginaldo rosario has this report. applause it was the farewell that nobody expected or wanted. the moment proving too overwhelming for the greatest player barcelona has ever known. lionel messi would've preferred his time here to end with a standing ovation in front of a packed camp nou but the pandemic and barcelona's financial woes was put an end to that hope. a funeral atmosphere outside the ground as messi said goodbye inside. translation: i gave everything for this cl

hearts and hibs both won 2—0 today — against dundee united and livingston respectively. qualifying for the belgian grand prix now, which was brought to a halt after a massive crash in treacherous conditions at one of the notorious spots on the circuit. britain's lando norris was lucky to walk away without serious injury. he was going well until then — but it was another brit — george russell — who stole the show with stunning drive to land himself on the front row of the grid tomorrow. nick parrot reports. it can be a dangerous track in the dry and a lottery in the wet. lando norris might�*ve been thinking that his numbers were about to come up. pushing for the first pole of his career, he came unstuck. fortunately for the briton, his mclaren protected him from serious harm and he was quick to tell his team he was ok. i let you down, my bad. and on friday, two drivers spent the night in hospital. it is likely to lead to further questions about the safety of this part of the track. qualifying resumed after a ao—minute break. after a final twist, max prestatyn snatched the

-- dundee legend, duncan ferguson! —— dundee united.former west bromwich albion layer died and his death was recorded as an industrial injury by a coroner because of the dementia associated with the amount of times he had the ball. —— headed the ball for some some early in scotland to that campaign, we have had the widow of a former manchester united footballer who died of dementia, really pushing this, and for this to finally get this, and for this to finally get this recognition feels very important for him, and the findings are quite incredible of this study, looking at a goalkeeper who do not had the ball very often, found that they are... the level of dementia or frequency of dementia was roughly the same as your average person, and you move onto defenders who are maybe not so much... the defenders who had the ball in awful lot, and they were five times more likely than the average person to be diagnosed with dementia. and it is very striking findings that will ask very striking findings that will ask very difficult questions of no

first weekend of the scottish premiership season, and aberdeen started off with a 2—0 win at home to dundeein 3—2 at motherwell. martin boyle got the winner from the penalty spot. now to the hundred. trent rockets have lost their 100% record in the competition against birmingham phoenix thanks in part to 19—year—old will smeed, who hit a blistering 13—ball 36 en route to victory. but the women won their match as rockets bowler katherine brunt got the better of shafali verma, bowling her out with a slower ball as the visitors won by 11 runs. and london spirit men's head coach shane warne will be absent from the match against southern brave at lord's after he returned a positive covid test. he will isolate from the squad and support staff whilst he awaits further test results. and that's all from us here at the bbc sport centre. bye—bye. good evening. i suspect most of you want some settled summer sunshine for the beginning of august — why not? unfortunately, today, it was a slightly disappointing story. there was more cloud around than there was sunshine, as you can see by this weather watch

there's been a big shock in scotland, premiership champions rangers were beaten 1—0 by dundee united.hour at tannardyce, and they held on to claim all three points. the result ends rangers' a0 match unbeaten league run. elsewhere, hearts won 2—1 at st mirren. hull city have started the championship season with a 4—1 win. the tigers, who were league one champions last year, came from a goal down to hammer preston at deepdale. blackburn, luton and stoke also got wins on the first weekend of the new season. sheffield united, relegated from the premier league last season, and birmingham kick off in a few minutes' time. lionel messi's representatives are in talks with paris st—germain — two days after it was announced that barcelona would be releasing him from his contract. bbc sport has been told the messi camp contacted psg as soon as it became clear the catalan club would be unable to honour the reduced contract they had agreed with the argentine striker. the french club are confident a deal can be put together with messi already familiar with a number of the club's players. chelsea are

rangers have been defeated by dundee united.ague in 17 months. lionel messi's is in talks with paris st germain. the players camp contacted psg as soon as it was clear barcelona could not honour his contract. chelsea are closing in on sealing the return of lukaku, the deal could be worth £97 million, just short of the £100 million record paid forjack grealish on thursday. england, in the third day of the test, both openers fail early. captain joe root test, both openers fail early. captainjoe root is approaching a century at the moment. british and irish lions decisive third test has implications for the future of rugby sees a three times champion. the second test did not offer much flowing rugby. lines are determined to bounce back. when you put it in context of the last eight weeks and the challenges we have gone through, and south africa, but obviously we are a long way from our families for a long period of time, it would be a massive achievement. it is about what happens on the field. the players focus this week has looked

, premiership champions rangers have been beaten in the first time in 17 months, they lost 1—0 to dundeegland captain joe root tannadice. england captainjoe root was leading by example on day three of the test at trent bridge. england started the day still 70 behind india. the two openers were disappointing. captain joe root hasjust openers were disappointing. captain joe root has just been bowled while approaching his century, on 96 there. the british and irish lions decisive third test in south africa has huge implications for the future of rugby, according to a former player. controversy has stolen the focus, and the slow paced second test did not offer much. lines are determined to bounce back. gregor townsend says the team needs to show what they are capable of. the team needs to show what they are ca able of. ~ i. the team needs to show what they are caable of. ~ i. , capable of. when you put it in context of— capable of. when you put it in context of the last _ capable of. when you put it in context of the last eight - capable of. when you put it in l context of the last eight wee

had a fair bit of sunshine across scotland today, and that lifted temperatures in perth, across to dundeeelsius. now, we've got a blanket of cloud around overnight across much of the country. it will lower onto the hills, so some mist and murk and some pockets of drizzle here and there again as that cloud thickens up. temperatures, 12—14 celsius, much as they were last night. a bit of rain for the northern isles heading towards the far north of mainland scotland. the rest of scotland should see the cloud thinning and breaking and some sunshine coming through. elsewhere, after that dull start, we should see the cloud lifting and thinning. many places dry in the afternoon and brighter as well, and with more brightness, and perhaps even some sunshine here and there, those temperatures will more widely hit 20—21 celsius. no doubt one or two places, especially around some western hills, could stay a little bit damp through the day and chilly, too. as we head to thursday, we look to the atlantic to see more thickening cloud coming in. that first weather front there will bring some patchy and mo

there's more on the bbc sport website including reaction to rangers 1—0 defeat to dundee united in theve a very good night. good evening. despite the sunshine and some beautiful rainbows, it has been unsettled day today. his the radar picture with lightning the weather pattern�*s stuck in a bit of a rut. we've got low pressure right on top of the uk. it's bringing plenty of showers, some heavy with some thunderstorms around, but there has been some sunshine around through today and it's a similar story for part two of the weekend, sunny spells and scattered showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery again. now, this is the pressure chart from today. you can see low pressure right on top of the uk. strongest of the winds have been across southern areas, lighter winds further north — this is where we've had the slow—moving downpours. as we had through the evening and certainly overnight we hold onto the showers across central, northern areas, but i think the south—east quadrant of the country could see something a little bit drier through the night with some clear spells, variable

take the letter goes from crown to dundee.it was a woman jesse jordan and her job was to transmit these letters which is to the main spy station and germany. why this security once an attempt to throw off agencies and the knighted states. so mi five intercepts the letter, it steams it open before sending it on its way. they discover there is a plot to assassinate an american army officer he was to be lured to the hotel he would be lured by mean of eight honey chat on the german ships. a redhead and she was to lure him. at any rate she was encouraged to visit the hotel. he had access and privy to these plans. the plan was that he would arrive in her hotel room and from behind the curtain agents would pounce on the kernel and injected him with the contents of eight fountain pen what looks like a fountain pen that is actually a syringe. in the u.s. army officer would be prostrate they would get away with the blueprints and they would leave behind the copy to implicate the congress party of the united states. this is a copy of the

celtic bounced back from their opening day defeat at hearts by thrashing dundee 6—0. jack mackenzie scored an injury time winner as aberdeen beat livingston 2—1. stjohnstone drew with motherwell. an emotional lionel messi broke down in tears today as he spoke publicly for the first time since announcing his departure from barcelona. the 34—year—old is leaving after 21 years at the club because they can't pay his desired wages. a six—time ballon d'or winner, messi saysjoining paris st—germain is now a possibility, but nothing is agreed. reginaldo rosario reports. applause it was the farewell that nobody expected or wanted. the moment proving too overwhelming for the greatest player persona has ever known. lionel messi would've preferred his time here to end with a standing ovation in front of a packed camp now but because the pandemic and parcel in a positive financial was put paid to that hope. if you were out —— and mr outside the ground as messi said goodbye inside. translation: i gave everything for this club, for this shirt. from the first day i arrived into the v

the scottish health secretary humza yousaf has reported a nursery in dundee to the care inspectorate,ter his family was turned down, his wife asked a white scottish friend to put in an application and it was accepted within 2a hours. let's speak to our scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie who's in glasgow. humza yousaf said he is furious about this, so far he has told his story on social media and to the newspaper the daily record, he said his daughter, his two—year—old daughter, was refused a place twice at little scholars day nursery and was told there were no places available but then a white scottish friend of his wife's also applied and 2a hours later that the child had a place. and then the daily record reporter created two different fake profiles and one was refused a place at the nursery and another, also a fake profile, applied for a place at the nursery and was offered a place. and then for a third time humza yousaf and his family also applied to the nursery with a muslim name and a white scottish name and again the same thing happened. the profile with the muslim name

my husband grew up in dundee, sol feel like this is my family now.early stages of the disease just days after the manchester united and scotland player, denis law was diagnosed with mixed dementia. phil thompson is terry's former team mate and good friend and joins us now. i know this is the difficult circumstances, first of all, how is he? �* , ., circumstances, first of all, how is he? �* , . ., , ., circumstances, first of all, how is he? �*, . ., ., he? he's great, he was at the game on saturday. _ he? he's great, he was at the game on saturday, doing _ he? he's great, he was at the game on saturday, doing the _ he? he's great, he was at the game on saturday, doing the lounges. - on saturday, doing the lounges. obviously then it hadn't been, we had known for awhile that he had been for the tests and he diagnosed with the early stages of dementia, but you see terry, you know terry, he was absolutely still full of beans, he was great, in good form. with all the ex—players, he wants to continue doing that and i think he has every right to still go a

and his wife say that they tried twice to get their daughter into the little scholars nursery near dundeeter had been discriminated against and they wanted to test this out. so they applied again with another two names, one of them a muslim name and humza yousaf said that this application was rejected. and the other was offered a place. he said a newspaper reporter then put in two fake applications, one for an applicant that was rejected and somebody called susan blake was given a place. we have had a statement from little scholars nursery, they say that any claim that it was not open and inclusive to all was false. they say the owners were of asian heritage and it welcomed all children and staff from a range of backgrounds, including the currently two muslim families. alexander in glasgow, thank you. —— alexandra. now, while the games in tokyo are reserved for athletes at the pinnacle of their sport, one couple from oxfordshire are aiming for a gold for effort, if not achievement. they are trying to complete every one of the 96 events in 17 days — most of which they've never tried before

design and constructed textiles with honors from jordan sten college of art and the university of dundee in scotland received a postgraduate textile conservation with credit from the textile conservation center hampton court palace and affiliation with the institute of bard at the university of -- and he received a masters of the arts in museum and gallery management with merit from the school of cultural policy from the city of university in london. howard it's an honor to have you join us. welcome and thank you so much and now i will turn it over to you. >> thank you. that all makes me sound really old with all that stuff but that may share my screen. here we go. hopefully you can all see that. so, thank you jen and thank you leah. i have not seen some of those photos either and it was really interesting to see the photo of andrew jackson's inauguration as i also worked on some artifacts for that better in the tennessee state museum so it would be kind of interesting if both the robe and andrew jackson's top hat were in the same spot at the same time. very cool. my involvement in this

other produce are looking for this new labelling within great britain include dundee cake, sussex winergue it is yet more paperwork for farmers who want to protect their unique and authentic produce. thank you. never tried it but i will now. an 11—year—old boy has just completed his 500th night sleeping in a tent to raise money for charity. max woosey originally set out to raise £100 for the north devon hospice, which cared for his neighbour. but since then, he's raised over half a million pounds. the argentinian football star lionel messi has said he dreams of winning the champions league again, afterjoining his new club, paris st—germain. the 34—year—old has signed a two—year deal with the side, following his emotional departure from barcelona, where he started his career. our correspondent, laura scott, is in paris. laura, it's been a whirlwind week for messi? it really has been. it was a very different legal messy we saw today to the tearful press conference he gave on sunday. —— lionel messi. as he waved goodbye to his boyhood club barcelona. today he was unveiled at p56 barcelona

rangers in the scottish premiership, call us at the moment at dundee united.in scotland at the bbc website. how can you forget the website! thank you for that, mike. more now on those wildfires in greece, where one volunteer firefighter has died after being hit by a falling electricity pole. bethany bell is in malakasa near athens, she sent us this update. this is the main north—south motorway near athens, but it has been closed for two days because of all the fires that keep breaking out around here. we have seen, over the past half an hour or so, helicopters coming back your time and time again, trying to put out the blazes on these mountainsides. but it is not working yet. the strong, scorching winds are making things very difficult for the emergency services. international help is on its way. people are trying to do as much as they can, but this is a really... what the authorities are saying, a really unprecedented situation. on the outskirts of athens, we know thousands of people have been evacuated from their houses. in athens and in other parts of greec

there's been a big shock in scotland, premiership champions rangers have been beaten 1—0 by dundee united—1 at st mirren. lionel messi's representatives are in talks with paris st—germain — two days after it was announced that barcelona would be releasing him from his contract. bbc sport has been told the messi camp contacted psg as soon as it became clear the catalan club would be unable to honour the reduced contract they had agreed with the argentine striker. the french club are confident a deal can be put together with messi already familiar with a number of the club's players. chelsea are closing in on sealing the return of romelu lukaku to stamford bridge. it is understood an agreement is close between inter milan and chelsea on a deal that could be worth arund £97 million. that would be just short of the british record £100 million that manchester city paid aston villa for england midfielder jack grealish on thursday. in rugby league's super league, leaders catalans dragons were soundly beaten by second placed st helens 34—12. the challenge cup winners put an end to the dragons 14

designing and constructing textiles with honors from johnson college of art in the university of dundee. he received a postgraduate diploma in textile conservation from the textile conservation center hampton courthouse in association with the institute of arts and the university of london. and he received a masters of the art in museum and gallery y management with the school of cultural policy city university of london.. so howard is it's an honor to have you join us. welcome and thank you so much and now i'll turn it over to you. >> thank you jen. that makes me sound very ominous. let me share my screen. here we go. and then we will hit that. hopefully you can ask me that. so rethank you jen, that julia. it was really interesting to see the roads of andrew jackson's inauguration because i also worked on some artifacts from that in tennessee state so it would be interesting if both the robe and andrew jackson's top hat thwere at the same spot at the same time. very cool. but otmy involvement with this project was back to january 2019 which seems a very long time ago now. i flew up to

first weekend of the scottish premiership season, and aberdeen started off with a 2—0 win at home to dundeeks in part to 19—year—old will smeed, who hit a blistering 13—ball 36 en route to victory. but the women won their match as rockets bowler katherine brunt got the better of shafali verma, bowling her out with a slower ball as the visitors won by 11 runs. london spirit men's head coach shane warne will be absent from the match against southern brave at lord's after he returned a positive covid test. he will isolate from the squad and support staff whilst he awaits further test results. back to tokyo and everything that's been happening, this is how the medal table looks at the end of day nine. gb has medal table looks at the end of day nine. gb has ten medal table looks at the end of day nine. gb has ten goals. medal table looks at the end of day nine. gb has ten goals. that medal table looks at the end of day nine. gb has ten goals. that puts them six, and plenty more to come. china still america has more medals overall. so, can team gb add a few more to that tally on monday? well, day

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he's like an emo crocodile dundee. [ laughter ] but this, yes, this is his moment.ecause after years of needlessly traveling with knives, as my sister annie unrolls the gauze in front of bloody minnie john and opens it she says, "does anyone have a knife?" [ laughter ] whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh! of course he had a knife. i've never seen a 14-year-old that happy. and i don't have parental controls on the wifi. [ laughter ] so back to minnie, she started looking at me weird, and she said, "why do i know you? are you an actress?" and i was so embarrassed by how useless i had been, i said, "yes, i am. i'm elizabeth banks." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] let her take the heat. but then my sister told her i was on "modern family," and minnie was a fan and got very excited. she asked me for a picture, even though her face was all banged up. [ laughter ] looks like we met at fight club. [ laughter ] minnie is totally fine now, by the way. and look, i know this isn't the point here, but believe me, getting recognized by someone who has sustained a serious head

gower salt marsh lamb. 0ther produce looking for this new gi labelling within great britain include dundee*s hywel griffith in rather misty weather. louise is the bbc�*s hywel griffith in rather misty weati weather. 5 is hello there. you'll have had temperatures about where they should be for the time of year. and that's mostly been affecting parts of eastern england, through the mediterranean. and actually, as we head towards the weekend, some of that extreme heat is going to shift its attention further west across to spain, for us, however, we've got an area of low pressure into the northwest. you keep some sunshine, you'll see temperatures pretty much but that low will continue to bring some blustery winds and squally showers to northern ireland and western scotland. of the weather with 24 celsius, 75 fahrenheit by thursday afternoon. moving out of thursday into friday, we've still got that low with us, and it's going to slowly drift its way steadily eastwards. recently, it's going to be more of a north—south divide, further south of that, it will be a largely dry story, and despite a l

the scottish health secretary humza yousaf has reported a nursery in dundee to the care inspectorate, 24 hours. our scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie has more. well, they said that they tried twice to get their daughter into the little scholars programme, but he said that when a white friend applied, they were quickly offered a place. they set their two—year—old daughter had been discriminated against and they wanted to test this out and so mr yousaf did a test and when an application under a muslim name was rejected and a different one was offered a place. and then a newspaper reporter submitted two fake nursery applications, one for akhtar, which was rejected and susan blake, he claimed, was offered a place. we spoke to the scottish health secretary, yousaf. ii place. we spoke to the scottish health secretary, yousaf. if there a reasonable — health secretary, yousaf. if there a reasonable explanation, _ health secretary, yousaf. if there a reasonable explanation, than i health secretary, yousaf. if there a reasonable explanation, than tell. health secretary, yousaf. if there

the couple say the little scholars nursery in dundee told them it had no availability for their daughter thousands of people have been evacuated since the blaze started a week ago. meanwhile, in california, rescue workers are preparing for even higher temperatures, as they tackle the second—largest fire in the state�*s history. lebo diseko reports. the apocalyptic scenes of what the greek prime minister has called a nightmarish summer. nearly 600 fires have broken out across the country since latejuly, fuelled by strong winds and the worst heatwave in decades. the biggest is in evia, an island north—east of athens, which has been ablaze for a week. help has been flown in by other countries, including british firefighters. i haven't seen fires like this before in the uk, it's something that's completely new to me. i've seen grass fires and open area fires, but this is just something on another scale. they are helping with manual tools, trying to put in fire breaks and stopping the fire from spreading. there has been public anger at the government response, something the greek prime minist

had a fair bit of sunshine across scotland today, and that lifted temperatures in perth, across to dundeen were around 16 celsius. now, we've got a blanket of cloud around overnight across much of the country. it will lower onto the hills, so some mist and murk and some pockets of drizzle here and there again as that cloud thickens up. temperatures, 12—14 celsius, much as they were last night. a bit of rain for the northern isles heading towards the far north of mainland scotland. the rest of scotland should see the cloud thinning and breaking and some sunshine coming through. elsewhere, after that dull start, we should see the cloud lifting and thinning. many places dry in the afternoon and brighter as well, and with more brightness, and perhaps even some sunshine here and there, those temperatures will more widely hit 20—21 celsius. no doubt one or two places, especially around some western hills, could stay a little bit damp through the day and chilly, too. as we head to thursday, we look to the atlantic to see more thickening cloud coming in. that first weather front there will bring

the scottish health secretary humza yousaf has reported a nursery in dundee to the care inspectorate, after his family was turned down, his wife asked a white scottish friend to put in an application and it was accepted within 24 hours. with more details, here's our scotland correspondent humza yousaf said he is furious about this, he told his story on social media and in the daily record. he says his two—year—old daughter was refused the place twice at a nursery in broughty ferry. he was told there was no places available but a white scottish friend of his wife also applied and 24 hours later that child had a place and then a daily records reporter treated two different profiles and one was denied a place and another was offered a place. and for our third time humza yousaf and his family also applied to the nursery with a muslim name and that white scottish name and again the same thing happened. the profile with the muslim name was rejected and the other one was accepted. now, we've had a statement from the nursery in broughty ferry. they said our nursery is extremely proud of being

other produce looking for this new gi labelling within great britain include dundee cake, sussex wine authentic produce. seahorses off the coast of dorset that are at risk from the anchors of boats could be protected by new "eco—moorings". the creatures are under threat because anchors drag along the sea bed, damaging their fragile habitat. now experts in studland bay have come up with a new way for boats to moor, asjohn maguire reports. these underwater meadows of seagrass provide a vital habitat teeming with wildlife, and it's where you can find the spiny seahorse. normally up to around 16 centimetres long for an adult, they come here in the spring, to feed on plankton or small shrimp, and to mate. famously, it's the male that gets pregnant. it's a protected species, and studland bay is a marine conservation zone. but boats in this popular area of the dorset coast can create problems. we've counted up to a50 boats here in one day. it's the noise, the anchors, the general movement of everything seems to affect the seahorses. they're very prone to stress, and so if you can sort of red

they won 2—0 at dundee united. armand with the second goal in injury time.. we delivered, i don't really know what to say-— we delivered, i don't really know what to say. george russell 'ust a whisier what to say. george russell 'ust a whisper away i what to say. george russell 'ust a whisper away from i what to say. george russell 'ust a whisper away from taking h what to say. george russelljust a whisper away from taking pole - whisper away from taking pole position. this is a generally exciting race —— might generally exciting race —— might generally exciting race —— might generally exciting race this afternoon and he could become the partner of lewis hamilton. team gb against the usa, the wheelchair rugby gets going in just over an hour. we were just talking to the wife of the captain. she was getting. —— she was giddy. that's all from us this morning. have a lovely rest of your weekend. breakfast will be back from 6 tomorrow morning. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 20 years after being sent in, the

both unions and shop bosses say that retail staff are now better protected in dundee than they are innew law. and they want that to change. the pandemic highlighted just how much we rely on retail staff in supermarkets and how much we miss the shops when they're closed. but it also brought about an ugly side in a small minority of people. according to the shop workers union, in the past 12 months, 92%of retail staff have experienced some form of verbal abuse. it's often been a problem when shop workers ask for id or stop people from buying alcohol but, during covid, it's happened when staff ask people to wear masks or keep socially distant. for staff like gary — who manages a small co—0p in glasgow — it's distressing. we've had people coming in, abusive about not wearing facemasks. and telling us that we should be doing things about it. we've had customers coming in abusive, under the influence of alcohol or drugs, who have come in and been abusive to myself, to the point where i had to close the store. it makes you feel very anxious. even when you've finished at night, so they've com

i am terrified, but it sounds like this gal was the female version of indiana jones or crocodile dundee: get that snake off my screen. good morning. is this the start of a big and lasting selloff? the market won't snap back if you bought the dip in the past, you came out okay but this time look at this, the dow industrials down

i am terrified, but it sounds like this gal was the female version of indiana jones or crocodile dundee, or the crocodile hunter the past away. maria: it is great to be with you. stuart varney takes over. stuart: get that snake off my screen. good morning. is this the start of a big and lasting selloff? the market won't snap back if you bought the dip in the past, you came out okay but this time look at this, the dow industrials down 382 wednesday, down another 330 thursday morning, the s&p was down one%, not quite one% this morning but his way down again and so too is the nasdaq the two problems for stocks, the federal reserve will pull back its money printing operation in the next few months. second the spread of the delta variant is slowing the economy and threatens the return to school. we are down across the board yesterday and today, stocks selling off. arguably more important for america the debacle in afghanistan. the president gave a 20 minute speech on covid then walked away, no questions at all. later he told abc that the chaos in kabul was inevitable. on the ground this morn

the scottish health secretary, humza yousaf, has reported a nursery in dundee to the care inspectorate this?— tell us a little bit more about the context of all this? humza yousaf and his wife _ context of all this? humza yousaf and his wife are _ context of all this? humza yousaf and his wife are absolutely - context of all this? humza yousaf| and his wife are absolutely furious about this was of they�*ve been trying to get their two—year—old daughter into nursery. we are going to be speaking to them later this afternoon, but so far, they�*ve been telling their story via social media and also through the newspaper the daily record. for a bit of context on this, humza yousaf has said his daughter had been refused a place twice at a specific nursery. he said then his wife had asked a scottish friend to also apply for a place, and 24 hours after humza yousaf�*s daughter had been denied a place, the daughter of the scottish friend had been accepted into this nursery. so then humza yousaf and his wife went to the newspaper, the daily record, and a reporter they�*re created two fake profile

they thrashed dundee 6—0 — new signing kyogo furuhashi scoring a hat—trick in front of 24,500 fans ats india needed 157 runs, and england nine wickets, for victory. the sides meet again at lord's on thursday. and finally, if you are ever having a bad day, remember this — alex hales in the hundred last night it has been scripted here as "a painful blow". he picked himself up after catching his breath but then the very next ball it happened again. not once, but twice and he didn't get a huge amount of sympathy from the oval invincibles. he is absolutely fine. ouch is all i will sa . he is absolutely fine. ouch is all i will say- so _ he is absolutely fine. ouch is all i will say. so much _ he is absolutely fine. ouch is all i will say. so much to _ he is absolutely fine. ouch is all i will say. so much to look - he is absolutely fine. ouch is all i will say. so much to look forward | he is absolutely fine. ouch is all i i will say. so much to look forward to in the rest of the programme. tt you in the rest of the programme. if you think this set _ in the rest of the programme. if you th