The Scottish Mail on Sunday - 2024-01-07

• The McBlob! Number of Scots civil servants soars by 55% in 4 years
• US scientists held secret talks with Covid ‘Batwoman’amid drive to make coronaviru­ses more deadly... just before pandemic
• Conspiracy of silence betrays our values
• Hunt: We’ll do all we can to speed up compensati­on to victims of Post Office scandal
• 1 in 8 pupils now absent every day at secondarie­s
• Police could face ban on saying sir or ma’am
• Met Police must quiz bodyguards says former royal protection chief
• ‘My friends are apoplectic’ said Maxwell after the Prince was first accused
• They’re taking us for a ride!
• ...and fume levels have RISEN in SNP’s f irst zone!
• Police launch probe after mystery death of devoted couple in their own home
• By KIRSTEN JOHNSON
• Chill game! How wild swimming changed my life, by TV’s Greg
• Which male foibles are on your ‘ick list’?
• I was always protective of my little sister Reeva. I pray never to bump into Pistorius ...I can’t say what I’d do
• Benefitsag­encypays out £1.1m by mistake in just three months
• Michael Bolton’s life-saving surgery for brain tumour
• Alexandra Shulman’s Notebook
• Ignore Greens and halt crackpot LEZs
• Why are police more concerned about Israeli ‘war crimes’ than they are about solving a burglary in Britain?
• Make the Post Office boss keep her CBE... as a reminder of how justice was strangled
• Case with two judges ...and one key issue
• Jews fleeing Hitler weren’t the same as today’s asylum seekers
• So how do you solve a problem like Prince Andrew?
• NEXT WEEK’S NEWS... TODAY!
• An economics lecture... from the man with £1.5bn def icit!
• SO HOW DID THE OTHER ROYALS DO?
• Fergie’s two O-levels... found on a results slip in a dusty old cabinet at her boarding school
• Zara calls the midwife... to become her mother’s new lady-in-waiting
• Who What Where
• Retired policeman fined for pursuing shoplifter in his car... while thief gets off scot-free
• Still game!
• Swiftie retributio­n!
• How to make your own fast food with nothing ultra processed
• Pantry must-haves to keep you on the straight and narrow
• Ten-year-olds being trained in terror at secret Hamas camps
• Jodie: Gen Z can be so annoying!
• 5 THINGS WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
• AI chatbots that mock teenagers at risk of suicide
• From how to sit on the loo to not pulling out nose hair, MY health hacks that may save your life...
• Diet guru’s drink labelled ‘ultra-processed’
• Weight-loss jab shortage to last until 2025
• Approval for skin cancer drug that slashes side effects
• Your letters: It’s on our records but no one let us know
• VR tech to beat ‘freezing’ by brain disease
• Are you on track for a dream retirement? Here’s how to... Get ready for your Golden Age
• As NI is cut, is this the time to top up your state pension?
• Shop around to fight back against greedy insurers
• Value for money at Spoons ... that’s elementary!
• Billions of Coke cans help pour profit
• How a limestone brick road could lead you to riches
• My early years in a children’s home helped motivate me to become an entreprene­ur
• Number plate firm took eight months to shell out my £150
• WE’RE WATCHING YOU
• Will the Magnificen­t 7 make investors richer in 2024?
• £322m Asia trust trims stocks as it builds on the best in class
• Cruise the spectacula­r west coast of Scotland with Carol Kirkwood
• Great Lakes are worth the plunge
• Grenada’s great for a carefree getaway
• Apples? You can’t beat them
• Tories have lost control of Civil Service slackers
• At last! They’ve finally stopped Remoaning
• Backing Britain pays dividends
• Books to breeze: Amazon invests in Scottish wind farm
• Has JD Sports hit peak sneaker?
• Court blow for investors in Hideaways fees battle
• It’s time to change high rate mindset
• Night riders chasing gold
• THE ONLY WAY IS UP FOR Katie
• Stokes’ hopes rest on decent tour
• CASHING IN ON A TOUCH OF FORTUNE
• Potent Pedro rides to the rescue of Brighton
• BEALE’S MEN IN BLUNDERLAN­D101
• Away fans key to spectacle says former Rangers boss
• We’re halfway to heaven... or hell
• By George! United left reeling by Oakley
• We were bullied but denied stonewall penalty, says Goodwin
• DOSE OF DEJA VU DIAMONDS
• ‘It is a tough time after the big disaster, so we want to give something back to the country’
• Rodgers and Hart happy to wait until summer to decide on keeper’s future
• ABADA IS IN A GOOD PLACE, SAYS BOSS
• Rangers held the moral high ground over VAR-gate, now they’re back to being the nutter on the bus that everyone avoids
• Holyrood could be an ally in fight for transparen­cy
• Sophie Rundle’s in DEEP TROUBLE
• A superb, enraging drama. My blood’s still boiling days later...
• Life after Schitt’s Creek? It’s no joke
• The genius of Puccini, 100 years on
• Shining Hattie lights up gloomy Ibsen
• The first essential album of 2024 – by magical Marika
• WTF! Is swearing really good for you?
• Our top picks for this week’s TV & Radio
• TVON DEMAND
• THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
• SIR LANCELOT AND HIS PAGE

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