The Herald - 2022-05-04

• ‘Scotland’s councils risk extinction in Holyrood power grab’
• More than 1,700 hospital beds blocked by patients ready for discharge
• Force facing a shortage of senior staff as retirement rate soars
• Rangers pay tribute as legendary long-serving kit man Jimmy Bell dies at 69
• Clarificat­ions and correction­s
• EUROMILLIO­NS
• RSPCA in exotic pets alert as seven snakes left abandoned in house
• Film giant launches streaming service
• Punk anthem in new release to mark Jubilee
• Strange but true: Star Cumberbatc­h tells of his love of straddling the polarities of culture with movie roles
• SNP face uphill struggle to hold on in affluent suburb after power wrangle
• Party leaders make one last pitch to voters on final day of election campaign
• More than 7,000 migrants have crossed English Channel already this year
• State bank head silent on £117k to EX-CEO
• Row over ‘secrecy’ in law advice on indyref
• Refugee host scheme rules have left us struggling for cash, family claims
• Inquiry is told abuse records not kept up to date
• Pizza shop owner left wife’s body in woods
• Russian troops begin storming steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol as dozens of civilians are evacuated to safety
• Johnson sends Ukraine £300m as Zelenskyy pays tribute to UK
• Man killed his two-year-old son ‘out of spite towards ex-partner’, court told
• Sturgeon claim about ferries shipyard closure ‘is a lie’, claims Jim Mccoll
• Tory police and crime commission­er caught speeding five times in 12 weeks
• Mother’s hopes as hotel fire FAI date confirmed
• High living costs delay first-time home sales
• Stone Age settlement brought to life with 21st-century technology
• Woman accused of murder admitted using force on baby
• Former vicar beat naked woman with cane
• Halifax in base rate blunder
• Camilla hears ‘heartbreak­ing’ accounts of domestic abuse at I Am portraits exhibition
• Rail funding cutbacks could increase risk of serious crashes, warn unions
• Teenagers’ diet short on fruit and vegetables, finds study
• Dead man is identified by police
• Climate protesters climb on to tankers and block entrance at Scots oil terminal
• Judge lets Tory MP take time to get cash
• Data breach at university hits 400 students
• Arrest after man falls from boat
• Finest Georgian townhouse to be turned into 11 luxury apartments
• EX-MP Mcgarry denies stealing £25,000 from Scots indy groups
• Ecclestone’s ex-husband accused of links to money-laundering operation
• Rising prices push more than four million homes into higher stamp duty
• Terror accused carried out hostile reconnaiss­ance of police station, court told
• Jet-skiers ‘harassed group of seals near shoreline’
• Styles to debut new album in London
• Majority of obese people unsuccessf­ul in bid to shed pounds, study reveals
• Uber Eats to deliver shopping for Tesco
• Prison for ‘sneezing’ lorry driver
• Going with the Flow as peat bog passes Unesco heritage hurdle
• Man is jailed for murder after 34 years
• Hunt for ‘dangerous’ murder suspect and jail boss ‘who helped him escape’
• Beijing ‘preparing 1,000-bed hospital’ to deal with spike in Covid cases
• Issue of the day A drone that fits in your pocket
• Three changes that would make Holyrood work – at last
• Precious words to friends need to be said
• How Sturgeon and the SNP became addicted to secrecy
• It is a gross insult to liken Boris Johnson to Churchill
• Demolition work caused an outcry in Edinburgh
• First duty is defence
• When respect became diminished
• The Tories have fostered division
• Scotland needs to waken up
• Shame on those who destroyed porn MP
• Voting SNP despite its mistakes
• Why should a tiny minority be allowed to take privacy and dignity away from women?
• New colours for the Seaforths
• Working together to nurture the STEM pipeline
• Respect the mask-wearers
• Ban e-scooters from Scotland
• Going cuckoo
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• FTSE makes gains ahead of central bank meetings
• Scottish Government provides funding for farm carbon audits
• North Sea firm aims to bring gas field into production amid Ukraine war fallout
• Whisky boss paid more than £200,000
• Brodies reveals move to Inverness as series of promotions are announced
• Barrhead Travel to hire 50 new staff
• Shares in Mccolls are suspended
• Business leaders call on Scottish Government to deliver on R100
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• Majority of Scots firms to hike prices amid inflationa­ry pressure, report finds
• Withers quits as Scots food and drink chief
• BP to invest in North Sea oil and gas fields amid windfall tax calls

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