Bagpipers marched along Ocean Drive in Miami (Picture: PA) Scottish football fans are preparing to fill up venues in Miami to watch as Steve Clarke’s men face Brazil tonight.

It’s a scene played out at resorts across Europe: The dawn chorus ends and the 6am Battle of the Sunbeds begins.

A strange organism living in the icy waters of Antarctica could hold the key to curing melanoma skin cancer.

Ryan Pepper faced threats of having his hands smashed if he didn't sign paperwork he couldn't read.

150 individually wrapped scorpions discovered by customs (Picture: South African Police) There was a sting in the tail for one would-be smuggler who was caught trying to sneak 150 live scorpions out