The Herald - 2020-12-26

• Almost four in 10 Covid infections being caused by new mutant strain
• Forbes says she would support Gaelic-only housing
• Mutant strains make staying at home vital
• The day of reckoning is coming
• Brexit deal ‘could cost Scots economy £9bn over decade’
• Over 12,000 children without a permanent home last Christmas
• The ones we lost
• Surprise delivery as baby Aurelia is Scotland’s first Christmas birth
• NTS sprinkles a little magic in lockdown times with pun-tastic and enjoyable Rapunzel film
• Sturgeon’s star burning bright as storm clouds gather in SNP
• Emerging from a ‘high-speed car crash’, the Liberal Democrats sought to recover in 2020
• Labour bids to pick up the pieces… but polls point to another election catastroph­e
• ‘Concerning’ new strains of virus will emerge, warns senior medical adviser
• More troops sent in as thousands of lorry drivers spend Christmas in cabs
• Elderly people face ‘connectivi­ty crisis’ as level four rules force libraries to shut
• Borders cancels planned surgery
• Call to reform immigratio­n rules as students pay the price of Covid
• New 4D game to bring real world to players
• SNP ‘letting down’ crime victims as trials backlog rises almost 40%
• Queen pays tribute to the ‘kindness of strangers’ in her Christmas address
• Rhonda Fleming:
• PM holds talks in effort to break deadlock as farmers fear impact of new laws
• America faces housing catastroph­e as 40 million on the verge of eviction
• Jackson’s Neverland ranch sold after £57m price drop
• Issue of the day
• Fearful year full
• Brexit is not the kind of cause to celebrate
• Opinion divided over Johnson’s EU trade deal
• If Scots thought Brexit was a bad idea, surely Scexit will be far worse
• ‘Stop your whinging Scotland, drink your Buckfast’
• Remember when ... A sobering reminder on Boxing Day
• From our archives 50 years ago Scots word of the week
• Will Scots’ wishes be respected?
• EU agreement is both an
• Be careful what you wish for Truck drivers used as pawns
• Fed up with the extremes
• Women must be heard at COP26
• On this day
• GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
• DOUBLE CROSSWORD
• FTSE Mid 250 advances in abbreviate­d session
• Outlook is still uncertain but there are signs of optimism in mortgage market
• The Herald crosswords
• A year like no other ... the good, the bad and the virus

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