Friend of the scottish football receiving general brian takes up the story with feliks. Jed when you came across this figure of Andrew Watson was it was he some of the you knew that much about before the you were looking at a museum in the Foundation Stones of of scottish football and what. Well to my shame i knew absolutely nothing about him and i was working on the Feasibility Study in 1990 we brought me to the queens parks archives at the old hand and i was looking through a book of old photos of queens park in Scotland Team 7880 s. And there was this photo of the Scotland Team in their blue and white hoops and there was a black man stood at the back now has what i thought i was a football historian i knew the author wharton of preston north end in the late 1980 s. Was the 1st black footballer so i actually refused to believe my own ah yes there was this footballer now there were 3 or 4 more pitches of him playing for scotland against wales playing for queens park who were at the ti
The search and support to the black life back to Movement Following the slaying of george floyd and minneapolis in may the focus this year as ever has been on key historical figures such as Martin Luther king and Frederick Douglass or don discussions an examination unthreaded current Racial Injustice however how about the forgotten heroes black men and women whose achievements have been all but written i took History Today for a 1st year marking black History Month will tell the story of one such man a footballer and captain of his country we consult the finder of the scottish football new zealand and one of englands greatest players john vines. Here in richmond symmetry seems an unlikely last resting place for the most successful captain of scotland in football history for this is the grave of the man who led to his country 61 3rd acting of the old eddie of england on their home ground still the heaviest total defeat in the history of the steel lions we tell a largely forgotten story
I cant wait. Time for a look at the weather with stav da naos. Good afternoon, a few spots around the 30 celsius mark. A beautiful picture in wales, not everyones cup of tea. It may be hot and humid afternoon pretty much across the board had plenty of sunshine. These are the temperatures over the next few hours, the low 30s celsius widely across england and wales particularly in the south, but are much hotter day across parts of scotland, 29 30d there. One thing to point out, uv levels as you probably heard, very high across southern parts of britain, unusually high. Its going to be high wherever you are so its going to be high wherever you are so take extra care over the next few hours where the sun will be strongest. As we enter the day many places will be fine. We start to increase the chance of thunderstorms developing, clusters moving northwards, some of them could be torrential with large hail and frequent lightening. Most places are warm, muggy, and uncomfortable night on the ca
U. S. Policing trip advisor has accused the profiting from war crimes and urged to stop advertising listings for sites on occupied Palestinian Lands. And in sport Australia New Zealand of won the rights to host the 2023 womens world cup. To join big b. To colombia and avoid world governing body fees. Welcome to the news hour we begin in the United States where texas has halted the phased easing of virus restrictions following a sharp rise in infections a record one day rising cases was reported across the country on wednesday almost 37000 cases were confirmed thats the highest number since the start of the pandemic cases had been on a downward trajectory since late april but theyve roared back in recent weeks after restrictions were the resurgence is concentrated largely in the south and west more than 2300000 americans have been infected and about 122000 have died. Well florida is one of the states experiencing a significant increase in cases officer easing lockdown restrictions more
Government is taking urgent action to fly its citizens out of india within days. And those people around the world are cooped up at home because of the pandemic well take you a point to a part of qatar where there is a rebirth of bird life. Im joining with the sports including Uncertain Times in mclarens Formula One Team ek kamani factious says it will cut a quarter of its workforce across all operations because of the pandemic. There is growing anger as countries in the new hot spot of the coronavirus pandemic has struggled to cope with the outbreak poor people across latin america say theyre the ones suffering the most from lock downs and spending cuts and its leading to protests throughout the region as alexey obrien reports. In a quick door they marched in defiance of the lock down angry over government cuts to jobs into. Salarys brought in to tackle the pandemic was the mayor of the capital quito had asked the crowds to stay home because of the risk of infection but these proteste