The Scotsman - 2020-12-18

• Covid spike makes capital Scotland’s virus hotspot
• Exams ‘‘out of date’ and should be phased out
• Street life
• Scottish Cup Final: All the best build-up from Hearts and Celtic
• Joyce Mcmillan: The SNP is becoming a movement, not just a party
• CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
• Father of Lockerbie victim speaks out over ‘new suspect’
• Gleneagles comes to the capital with townhouse and rooftop bar
• Edinburgh rings the changes with giant drone swarm used for Hogmanay film
• ‘Significan­t milestone’ as £700m Tay Cities Region Deal signed
• Patel accuses MP of breaching rules
• Scottish hospitalit­y businesses unlikely to break even until 2022, MSPS are told
• Return to post-covid normality a long way off, vaccine experts warn
• Third of pupils at Midlothian high school reported absent from classes
• Gove’s ‘Trumpian’ rejection of independen­ce ‘will boost support’
• ‘UK simply isn’t working for Scotland’ as parties react to independen­ce support
• Appeal for informatio­n on Sick Kids
• Secrets of mistletoe to be uncovered in Scotland
• Sturgeon sorry for drug death figure
• Inventor wins $1m prize for wheelchair
• MSPS call for removal of waiver in abuse compensati­on bill
• Lasers are key weapon in fight to save Jacobite era fort from modern enemy
• French and Spanish PMS isolating as Macron tests positive for Covid
• China shoots for the moon with plans for lunar base after probe success
• Cruise was just somone trying to do his best in a tough time
• Hospitalit­y sector crisis is daunting
• Inside Transport
• A simple way to assess pupils without exams
• Drugs blame
• ON TWITTER
• Landslide time?
• It will take a lot more than free period products to end the stigma around menstruati­on Sarah Zipp & Camilla Mørk Røstvik
• Scotland’s best archaeolog­ical discoverie­s of the past year
• ‘It’s a road trip movie with a relationsh­ip that’s going through something intense’
• Fairy tale partnershi­p continues the story of Jack and the Beanstalk
• Edward Kane, Advocate in A Promise is a Promise
• Change to youth culture came at lightning speed
• NOW & THEN
• Graham Forbes
• DOUBLE CROSSWORD
• £62m boost for Barley Hub plan
• Government in move to address grant claim fears
• ‘Encouragin­g signs’ of market recovery - Insights
• Cairn Energy cashes in with £184m sale
• Openreach to create at least 275 Scotland-based engineerin­g jobs
• Ground work gets under way at gap site where more than 500 homes are set to be built on Edinburgh’s waterfront
• BAE Systems hiring 100 trainees in Scotland
• Travelnest taps into £150bn market
• 'Digital Christmas' may foster long-term change
• FTSE 100 falls over cautious gove comments
• 2020 CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE
• FAMILY ROOM
• Pic D’orhy looks to be the pick of the bunch in Ascot novices’ chase
• Scottish Golf to host full 2021 schedule after season-long break due to Covid-19
• Dean hopes his 100th selection can help kick-start Edinburgh
• Murray sets up Ally Pally clash with world No 1 van Gerwen
• More former rugby union players join group in concussion lawsuit
• Tygart criticises ‘watered down’ sanctions imposed on Russia
• Australian Open men's tournament to be delayed
• Hibs must flex muscle as they carry the weight of favourites tag in cup
• MCGRATH TOPPLES HIS IDOL
• Rashford hits double as United continue perfect away record
• United defender Connolly refuses to criticise Morelos despite clash
• Berra: Pressure on Celtic at Hampden
• Neilson must counter new Celtic tactics as well as going for experience
• Sergio believes Hearts are facing opponents low on confidence and predicts Walker goal will win it
• Turnbull was a big hit with manager long before move
• Lennon will be out on his own in the Scottish game if Celtic bank their quadruple treble this weekend
• Why Brown should start at Hampden, and four other selection posers for Celtic
• Clubs promised £30m rescue fund to be divvied up ‘very soon’
• “We either show a reaction from this or we let it fester and it carries on to the next game”

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