The Herald on Sunday - 2013-02-03

• SNP holds on to £2m earmarked for Yes Scotland
• £600m: The cost
• Of austerity
• ‘Guru’ on £720 a day for police
• Taxpayers will foot £105,700 bill if new SPA HQ not suitable
• Stephen House is the chief of Scotland’s new national police force
• Does Scottishne­ss change language?
• THE ENEMY
• Tiny but effective: the battle to beat viruses
• Reivers return to the sheep rustling trail
• Games ban on refugees faces legal challenge
• Anger as council watchdog canned
• Far-right Scottish extremist banned from Qatada demo
• Talk dirty dishes to me, baby
• A smooth transition? And to what?
• Poisonous, noisy and dangerous ... but will
• The art of taking offence
• Nationalis­ts who howled in protest at Steve Bell’s recent cartoon need to wise up and realise he’s doing them a favour
• A report by a leading think tank argues that the Scottish Parliament is a world away from most Scots. Scottish Political Editor Tom Gordon reports
• Warmwelcom­e for Hollande after Timbuktu is retaken
• Twas a braw, bricht, m
• Planning can stop march of metros
• Gunpowder, treason and dottir
• Wrong tack about sailing access
• Mccoist: ‘big names’ were not up for the cup
• WORK THAT IS Prideregai­nedbutscot­s nomatchfor­fierceriva­ls
• Battlelost inthe
• Breakdownf­orjohnson
• The display was not without its signs of encouragem­ent
• Win is half the battle
• Victory puts Taysiders on the up
• Rude awakening
• Leagues apart but result retains sense
• Portuguese pest is Paisley’s best
• Of deep significan­ce
• Men against boys
• Crash cuts off crucial cup cash boost
• Taylor-made goals show hosts the way
• Making their point
• I don’t know them all but I know that there are a lot of strong characters
• Myone-act bow in Tallin show
• Living the high life with some room to spare
• Danny handles the pressure
• Rangers struggle to sign
• Raising the bar
• Brothersba­ttle it out for Superbowlh­onours
• Eaglemania
• High hopes for GB
• Mcarthur retains hope after Kapur masterclas­s
• Captain’s slog
• Badminton
• Gabriele Marcotti
• Photograph: Getty
• The untimely death of the young, lovely and talented is always fodder for myth-making but the ingredient­s in the Plath-hughes story were so spectacula­rly juicy, they inspired a thousand half-baked rumours and accusation­s that were as vicious as they were
• Main picture, Kishorn Port from the air. Above, the Borgsten Dolphin rig at Nigg, and right, Ardersier yard at work on an oil installati­on in 1982
• More scrutiny needed, says ex-auditor. By Colin Donald
• Software firm’s efforts will save the city energy
• For now, savers must make the best of a bad lot
• Bling beats bliss
• Baking is kid’s play
• Everyone loves Borgen, the Danish political thriller which puts the corridors-of-power intrigue into a very human context. As she prepares to meet her Scots fans at not one but THREE public events in Edinburgh, the series’ star Sidse Babett Knudsen talks
• Actor Iain Robertson’s latest theatreeat­re project is the stage adaptation of the 1990s TV hit, Takin’ Over The Asylum. Here, he talks to Markark Brown about his admiration for its writer, Donna Franceschi­ld, the stigma of mental illness ... and how he wa
• Doing it for Marra
• Tribute and drama
• Chloe Pirrie stars as teenager Shell, who lives with her dad in a petrol station in the Highlands. Above: director Scott Graham
• In Robert Zemeckis’s Flight, Denzel Washington makes the most of the best role he’s had since his Oscar-winning turn in Training Day 12 years ago
• Drag, kissing andscreami­ng
• Victorian transvesti­tes Fanny and Stella regarded themselves as sisters … until they fell out over another man
• Adventures abound in and around the Inverawe Cottages, including fly fishing on nearby rivers
• PICK OF THE DAY

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