The weekend has arrived and we have a Saturday stonker in store. Super.
St Johnstone fans were licking their wounds on Friday following the devastating late night penalty shoot-out defeat at the hands of FC Minsk in Belarus. But were officials at the match over-zealous? We investigate claims that police officers behaved in a “heavy handed” and “intimidatory” manner.
Meanwhile, the hunt is on for a pair of £1 million lottery winners. Could it be you? According to Camelot it could (be you). We have full details of a story sure to see you scrabbling down the side of your sofa…Just in case it’s you, you see.
Bullying people on-line is sadly all the rage these days it would seem. A page dedicated to spreading nasty rumours about local school pupils has been axed after concerned parents contacted The Courier. It really isn’t very nice. So don’t do it.
Russia is being a bit rotten in the way it treats homosexual people. But does that mean Perth should sever its twinning links with the town of Pskov? We investigate.
In sport, FC Minsk have the prospect of playing Standard Liege to look forward to, but for St Johnstone it’s Kilmarnock. Ouch.
Nevertheless, club captain Dave Mackay insists there will be no Euro hangover for the Perth men.
We have previews of all the other matches involving our teams, including the start of Dundee’s league campaign, as well as the latest from the USPGA Championship and a preview of the World Athletics in Moscow.
For all of these stories and a whole host of others guaranteed to entertain be most certain to pick up Saturday’s Courier or why not try our digital edition? It’s a corker.