The Herald - 2018-04-18

• Secret SNP meeting with data firm stuns party’s MPS
• Time is tight for deal to avoid court challenge by Westminste­r
• TIME TO HEAL
• Martin Compston in a hilarious look behind the scenes at Live Aid
• Sir Billy on love, family, art and life after the stage
• Claimants face lengthy wait for RBS cash as cases pile up
• Poorest pupils face postcode lottery over exam results
• There is clear evidence growing up in poverty undermines attainment
• MP criticised over pictures
• Iran is key in Syria conflict
• Farmers shocked by decision to sell award-winning Scots creameries
• Man was targeted by gunman in drive-by shooting
• Rangers tax avoidance scheme adviser facing bankruptcy case
• Fibre broadband link in 95% of Scots homes
• Costa pledges to recycle as many cups as it sells
• Focus on Russia distracts from Iran fallout
• May wins Commons airstrike vote but is accused of manipulati­ng Parliament
• Skripals given small amount of liquid form nerve agent
• May says sorry for treatment of Windrush generation
• Blunder by HQ stokes tensions with Westminste­r
• Hundreds of jobs safer after Canadian firm takes over troubled Bifab
• Informatio­n misuse was rife, inquiry told
• Iain Macwhirter:
• UK funding for wind farm site a factor in planning row, says minister
• Robison refuses to quit over NHS cash scandal
• Wreck of the Leith-built Gunilda revealed 270 ft below the waves
• Number in work falls by 17,000
• Armed forces are woefully short of skills, report warns
• Tourism bosses demand action from minister over ferry crisis
• ‘Natural’ sandwich adverts banned
• Immigratio­n delays ‘stone stacker’ as he flies in for competitio­n
• Court bans sex attacks kirk elder from being alone with women
• Mother sent home by medics gives birth at side of motorway
• Heritage sites pull in record numbers
• Underwater photograph­er dies in diving accident in Firth of Clyde
• Hampden Old Firm roar ‘loud as a lion’
• THE DIARY
• The UK’S legal case for airstrike does not stand up to scrutiny
• Government must learn lessons of school poverty gap
• Government should raise investment in infrastruc­ture
• Hampden Park is a white elephant blighted by abysmal infrastruc­ture
• Reason to fear SNP’S control of benefits
• Open University still has a vital role to play
• The Waco cult siege still stirs up huge interest even after 25 years
• Macron reveals vision of ‘new project’ for EU to tackle rising nationalis­m
• Abe leaves behind domestic disputes for two days of talks with Trump in US
• China scraps limits on ownership of car firms
• Burma gives amnesty to 8,500 prisoners
• Ian Fraser
• Hector Macmillan
• Inspiratio­n for trumpeter Jurd was
• Iced Elderberry Parfait
• Can I challenge local authority taking control of mother’s finances?
• As bold as brass
• The cuteness compensate­s for tough job
• FIVE OF THE BEST
• Double Crossword
• FTSE-100 buoyed by Primark and softer pound
• Johnston Press highlights signs of recovery in advertisin­g market
• Farm unions push for compulsory contracts for dairy
• Aberdeen Standard Investment­s puts £43m behind six hydro projects
• Smart Metering boss gets bumper pay rise
• Public Notices
• Scots retailers struggle in spite of Easter boost
• Household woes spell misery for high street
• Goals reports pay of outgoing boss climbed by 2% in 2017
• Royal in move to shore up pension scheme

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