Jonathan Ditchburn

Simthandile Tshabalala, aged seven, has been nicknamed “SimTiger” and marked out as a future star.
BBC News – Africa

All Quiet on the College Football Front.

Not a lot happened at the top of the rankings this week as the top three were all off, as they prepared for what could be pivotal games next week. Still, with both the […]

The 2019-20 NCAA men’s basketball season gets underway November 5 with a March-like lineup. Preseason No. 3 Kansas takes on No. 4 Duke and second-ranked Kentucky faces No. 1 Michigan State. It sounds more like a F […]

NFL 2019 – Patriots Lose & Dolphins Win
Week Nine is normally a pivotal week in the NFL with every team having played at least half their schedule. Although we pretty much knew which teams had no chance of the […]

GMB union says it is advising its members on whether to go to tribunal over their dismissals
BBC News – Business

Barricades had been cleared days ago but protesters say politicians have not done enough.
BBC News – Middle East

Latino icon Walter Mercado reached 120 million people a day – often while wearing a sequinned cape.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

In the latest of weeks of protests, thousands demonstrate in Barcelona against the royal visit.
BBC News – Europe

The parent and baby goods retailer says its 79 UK stores are unable to trade profitably.
BBC News – UK

Marie Yovanonitch said Mr Trump’s remark in a call to Ukraine’s leader left her “very concerned”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Soldiers are alleged to have tied up and killed a suspect before burying him in a shallow grave.
BBC News – Africa

Inverness: a Five Minute Tour

Inverness is the actual capital of the Highlands. It might not say that on any official documentation – but it’s the Highland capital. To those of us down here in the central bel […]

Perched on the northern shores of the Firth of Forth you will find the stony city of Dunfermline. It was made famous in the early 18th century as being the birthplace of Andrew Carnegie. A man who went on to […]

She wore the black leather jacket and skin-tight trousers as Sandy for the 1978 film’s finale.
BBC News – Business

Stock market flotation of the Saudi oil giant Aramco could be the world’s biggest initial public offering.
BBC News – Middle East

El Salvador says Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is no longer legitimate, backing Juan Guaidó.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Meet the people for whom meatless food is a force for political and social change.
BBC News – Europe

The Brexit Party leader believes he can “serve the cause better” campaigning across the UK.
BBC News – UK

Boos – and a few cheers – greeted the president at the Ultimate Fighting Championship in New York.
BBC News – US & Canada

The victory under Siya Kolisi, the team’s first black captain, was a symbolic moment for the nation.
BBC News – Africa