The Herald - 2016-12-28

• Falling standards blamed on ‘mixed ability’ teaching
• Budget for Scotland Office up by 20 per cent as cuts bite
• Special needs pupils missing out due to cuts
• Stars pay tribute to Princess Leia
• Time for £10m tea rooms revamp
• ‘Fat-cat’ pay has little link to company profits, says study
• Lottery makes 347 more millionair­es
• Watership Down author Adams dies
• Number of Boxing Day shoppers falls
• Elderly woman dies 10 days after fall on bus
• Retirement village is at risk over red tape, says
• Blueberry researcher­s produce variety suitable for Scottish climate
• Michael’s family thank fans for ‘show of love’ since star’s death
• Senior royals take lion’s share of visits
• £1.3bn crossing is on schedule for opening
• Creative experts to advise on boosting growth
• Restaurate­ur faces jail after exploiting an asylum seeker
• Teenager among victims of serious assaults
• EU vote at centre of events that left parties struggling with fallout
• Holyrood poll created winners and one loser
• Food hygiene inspectors cry foul on condition of Old Firm’s kitchens
• Stars remember ‘lovely’ Royle Family actor Smith who died soon after show’s writer
• Birds could be put at risk by traffic noise masking alarm calls, say ornitholog­ists
• Proposal to limit overseas students under fire
• Festival to focus on wild and wonderful on screen
• Spending squeeze forecast to slow house price growth
• Former head drove car four times over drink limit
• Row as Caledonian Sleeper trains now oldest in the UK
• Warnings as school vandalism repair bill increases
• £1m wind farm cash aids local charities
• Transport police used Taser days after issue of weapons
• Safety warning issued after baby dies in special made-to-measure bed
• When Scots workers steeled themselves for a monster
• Fears over virus after young girl left unable to walk
• Media reports of women who binge-drink ‘more negative’
• Taxpayers fear losing out over mistakes on forms
• Abe arrives for historic Pearl Harbor ceremony
• Trump accuses UN of being ‘good time club’ and failing to reach its potential
• Just who will speak up for the anti-Brexit moderate millions?
• The greats who made our lives happier
• Insurance may yet hold key to improving our health service
• We benefit from the wealth of those in the south-east of England
• Damaging cuts to classroom support
• Another challenge to the high levels of executive pay
• Changes in pronunciat­ion are neither unique nor new
• Teaching young people at different levels in same class harms learning
• Trump and his cronies are out for themselves
• ON THIS DAY
• FROM THE ARCHIVES
• West’s bombing the root cause of rise in terrorism
• Charles must not stray into politics
• Piers Sellers
• Charting the albums that rocked the world of music
• Pushing the boundaries of traditiona­l bagpipe tunes
• Rice pudding with extra zing
• Oil, EU exit and diversity will dominate law sector in 2017
• Chamber chief flags up fears over Brexit impact
• Minister announces £60m funding for land management projects

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