They seek him here, they seek him there, but a former SPL star has again avoided a court appearance as he is currently out of the country training with his new club.
Friday’s Courier has full details of the absent striker who admitted speeding on the A9 and has pledged to be “very careful” in the future. Good boy.
Meanwhile, a speeding pensioner has deployed the “Sir Alex Ferguson defence” during a Courier Country court appearance. He insisted he was driving at almost 100mph purely because he was desperate for the loo. His excuse was, however, given the bum’s rush and he ended up with a fine and penalty points.
The new Olympia swimming pool has opened its doors and our man Jack McKeown was among those making a splash. Find out what he and some of the others lucky enough to visit on day one made of the venue. It’s flume-tastic.
A 101-year-old veteran is looking to the future and insisting we will all be better off in an independent Scotland. Read his full story in Friday’s Courier.
Our man Graeme Ogston is continuing to enjoy a cultural feast as he tours Dundee’s rivals for the 2017 City of Culture crown. His latest stop was in Leicester where he finds the locals are not overly au fait with all things Dundee. “It’s near Newcastle” one confidently tells our man…
A Dunfermline FC legend is off the leish (that spelling “mistake” isn’t really a mistake, pedantry fans) and enjoying a dander through Fife. It’s all for a very good cause.
In other news, boffins have found that cool monkeys ape their pals. ‘Nuff said.
Meanwhile, in sport the Richie Brittain saga shows no sign of ending.
He turned up for pre-season training at Ross County, rather than St Johnstone and our intrepid reporters spoke to Perth boss Tommy Wright about this latest twist.
There wasn’t so much slipping and sliding at Wimbledon, from where The Courier’s Eve Muirhead writes her column this week (in between strawberries and cream. And Pimms).
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