The Herald - 2016-12-26

• Illness keeps Queen from Christmas service for first time
• Secrecy fears over police cuts talks
• We’ve seen him in street. Why isn’t he spending longer in jail?
• Economist warns of UK post-Brexit slump
• Author links Scots aristocrat to attack on Pearl Harbour
• TV series follows year in the life of Hebridean gin distillery
• Sunny Cyprus offers cheapest bargain break for a winter getaway
• Strictly failure wins festive special show
• Status Quo’s Parfitt the ‘ultimate’ rocker
• SNP says position on single market is untenable
• Joyful parents name Christmas boy Noel
• Storm Conor blasts in with winds of 90mph and snow
• Petrol station worker foiled armed robber by refusing to give him cash
• Why future leader of Tories joined Labour
• Tributes after death of British-born astronaut
• Survivors of cancer seeking lengthier follow-ups
• Poll backs call to spend more on homes to end fuel poverty
• Jailed Scot has only seen son twice
• Stones of destiny for a late arrival to his trade
• Get into the swing of things as sparks fly at Hogmanay hooley
• Youth work can help tackle violent extremism
• Watchdog says talks on police budget must remain private
• Islanders plan celebratio­n in tribute to St Magnus
• Celtic boss Rodgers makes Christmas Day visit to hospice for cancer victims
• Appeal for hunting ban on its biggest day of the year
• Priest compares Trump to Herod
• Campaign bids to put paths on OS maps to help walkers
• Villagers shocked as the bomb squad is called in
• SNP: Populist insurgents and torchbeare­rs for liberal elite
• Och, I’m scunnered with this bus bot
• Lights, cameras, distractio­n
• National park authority policy on litter is completely baffling
• Fairer sentencing for driving deaths
• Raising money by selling protected land is proving to be problemati­c
• Even after a year like 2016, there is still hope to be had
• Obsession with renewables takes from the poor and gives to the rich
• Pension reform clearly needed
• Next phase of police reform will be one of the most challengin­g yet
• Shopping till you drop has benefits forallofus
• Coming crises are not idle speculatio­n, but threats we are ill-equipped to defend against
• ON THIS DAY
• FROM THE ARCHIVES
• Choir among 92 killed in military plane crash
• Trump to wind up charity foundation as it faces poll-spending investigat­ion
• The good, the bad and the ugly ... alternativ­e must-see classics
• High-flying Teal hits the right notes on super Christmas sleighride
• Fresh from the sea to the plate
• Rick Parfitt
• Jim McLaren
• Quarryman in tune with the past and future of masonry
• PINSTRIPE
• Testing times see highs and lows for big-hitters
• Internatio­nal drive pays off for Scottish Water arm

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