The Scotsman - 2017-08-01

• Two-thirds of wind farm rejections are overturned
• Scots nurses warn staff shortages hitting care
• Academics demand action on high heels
• CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
• Jacobite ambush to be recreated as part of Tattoo’s ‘Splash of Tartan’ celebratio­n
• 18th century secrets revealed by Scots artist who brings ‘new life’ to uprisings
• Court blocks move to put Blair on trial over Iraq War
• Free EU movement to end in 2019
• Shops ‘enticed to promote cigarettes’ despite ban
• Lib Dems support end to short sentences
• ‘Paedophile hunters’ prompt police to warn off vigilantes
• Ex-today host: ‘There will be no equal pay until men have babies’
• William has a ‘teary moment’ at
• Stories of how loved ones died
• Channel 4 defends screening Diana tapes
• Mary Queen of Scots’ letter centrepiec­e of exhibition
• Medieval remains to be excavated at castle where queen was imprisoned
• Fast-track surgery boosts success rate for cancer patients
• Royal Marine sentenced to 18 years for bomb making
• Ava ready to start school after liver transplant at nine months
• Suicide bomber leads IS gun attack on Iraq embassy in Kabul
• Cristiano Ronaldo tells judge he ‘never tried to avoid taxes’
• More opportunis­t than stateswoma­n
• Airline Loganair flies to the rescue of massive Orkney-shetland football derby
• We have to stop allowing facts to be taken hostage by our political biases
• Councils don’t have a monopoly on right
• Keeping traditiona­l
• Times are changing as new data rules loom
• Key to happiness is being ourselves – but that’s not easy
• An invitation to journey to the centre of Scotland’s design heritage
• How drama helps change young people’s lives
• Green nonsense
• Davidson must act to protect Scotland from UK Tories’ obsession with free trade
• Share sympathies
• ON TWITTER
• HSBC in $2 billion share buyback as interim profits rise
• Festival letting firm aiming at growth in key overseas areas
• Voices from beyond the grave present a legislativ­e headache
• Firms in distress rise sharply
• OPPORTUNIT­IES
• Heineken shrugs off ‘volatile’ trading backdrop to drive up interim earnings
• HSBC shares helps Footsie edge higher
• Scots fruit farms ‘cannot operate without EU staff ’
• High street slump fuels boom in shed sales
• Dalgleish equals best-ever monthly tally as Euro Nightmare wins at Ayr
• Hamilton feels ready to recharge his batteries ahead of tough title run-in
• SPORTS DIGEST
• RACE RETURNS
• This is benchmark for us going forward, says delighted captain Root
• Moeen skittles South African tail with hat-trick as England wrap up in style
• Muir has guts and talent to win a medal in London, says Mcconnell MUIR’S PROSPECTS
• Shepherd to cut squad for Euros after Scots complete treble over French
• Things had gone stale for Mcilroy so caddie change is no surprise
• Scottish trio join Creamer and Davies in securing Women’s British Open berths
• Scott sets pace in Scottish Amateur qualifying after 66 at Prestwick
• SRU faces tough task to convince clubs sceptical of semi-pro franchise vision
• Ferry sheds a burden as he hands over the Peterhead armband
• Late season collapse must be consigned to history, says Reilly
• £199m move to PSG will make Neymar the world’s costliest footballer
• Liverpool fans vote heavily in favour of introducin­g safe-standing areas
• Injuries and suspension­s give Mckinnon a striking crisis ahead of opener
• Allan looking forward to a season in the pantomime villain role
• Fear of failure keeps eyes on TAKING AIM
• Prize for Wallace
• Berra admits his ‘shame’ as poor form heaps pressure on Cathro

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