Dundee & Tayside – Thursday, June 30, 2011

A top UK politician has given Perth new hope that it might win coveted city status. In other news: thousands of Scots public sector workers strike in protest at the government’s pension reforms; the mother of a roadworker left crippled by a teenage drink driver has dismissed the 13 month sentence handed down by a sheriff as pathetic; And Murray mania reaches fever pitch ahead of tomorrow’s Wimbledon semi final showdown; and in sport, Aberdeen have continued their pre-season rebuilding programme by making their fourth summer signing. This is an international version of the news that may have been edited for rights reasons.