The Scotsman - 2020-04-15

• Community shows it’s thinking outside the box
• UK economy forecast to shrink by record 35% due to lockdown
• Chancellor says ‘no truth’ to England getting PPE priority over Scotland
• Partick Thistle drop legal bombshell on SPFL’S plan to end fooball season
• Lady Boys of Bangkok are bound for Edinburgh despite Fringe cancellati­on
• Rebus gets the boot from Facebook just five minutes after opening account
• Call to use NHS as beds go unfilled
• Schools could be first to open as lockdown exit strategy is being planned
• Support for lockdown ‘won’t last’
• Second Scots prisoner dies after getting virus
• ‘Around two-thirds’ of UK care homes have virus cases
• A&E figures plummet as Freeman tells people not to ignore warnings
• Villagers dial up a food larder
• Courts ‘must catch up with England’
• Driver fears lease car collection work may spread virus further
• Next restarts online sales after upgrades to protect employees
• Shock as online class with swimming squad hit by ‘Zoom bomb’
• Burger King banned from advertisin­g ‘plant’ Whopper cooked on meat grills
• Lord Ahmed brother unfit to plead in sexual assault case, says judge
• ‘I’m still in two minds as to their guilt or innocence’
• ‘The film offers up a couple of hours of escape and fantasy’
• Need an escape? Why not visit a Viking boatyard on Skye
• Spitfire pilot hailed as one of ‘The Few’ in Battle of Britain
• Gene could kick-start heart cell regenerati­on
• Olive tree disease could cost Europe over £20bn
• China’s northern border with Russia battles to contain flare-up
• Fires rage as blaze comes within one mile of plant at Chernobyl
• Even more advice on what to do
• Local solutions on the menu as food suppliers serve up meals to the needy
• What’s cooking? Glasgow Pantry opens its doors to slice of online food fun
• SNP’S failure to support business in this crisis will hit Scotland hard
• Coronaviru­s testing is vital to bringing an end to this lockdown
• We must not end lockdown too soon
• Inside Arts
• Compare the clever marketing that raises social issues – and boosts sales
• Virus crisis brings out the best as business and academia adapt
• We don’t have enough data to formulate appropriat­e strategy to combat virus
• Act of Union
• ON TWITTER
• Virus policy
• Business optimism sees unparallel­ed drop amid Covid-19
• Scottish Gas owner looks within for new chief executive
• Tidal power pioneer Atlantis outlines Covid-19 impact – including pay cuts
• $100m of wind work for Wood
• Lending support for hospitalit­y firms
• Corona Tax is on the cards to pay off UK’S debt
• FTSE slips as pound rises and oil tanks
• Tim Brooke-taylor
• NOW & THEN
• Don’t let your guard down over isolation warns Hall
• Business as usual for November Agriscot – with streaming too
• Day a farmer’s ‘horse of a lifetime’ eclipsed big guns with Guineas win
• Trainer Tregoning says Derby wouldn’t be the same if run at different time of year
• New Heriot’s coach Kelly found Super6 to be short and sweet
• Beaumont makes 5 key pledges in election bid
• Welcome support for appeal funds at two troubled clubs
• Crowd ban ends any hope of Tour at usual time
• ‘Show us your medals’ - Souness retort to Pogba
• Season tickets - but for which league?
• Football League and players’ union strike deal to limit deferral of salaries
• Rose crushed over decision to crown Kelty as champions
• Ogren severs ties with United fans’ group over ‘unreasonab­le demands’
• “I’ve got rollers for my wheelchair like a treadmill. It’s not ideal but I’m just doing the best I can”
• Players face five months of pay cuts

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