The Scotsman - 2014-08-18

• Salmond : I should have done better on currency First Minister admits that he could have been ‘clearer’ during TV debate
• Ecstasy probe as g irl, 16, dies
• The Festival
• Britain set to use ‘military prowess’ in Iraq
• Breast cancer death rate falls by third
• CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
• Series that’s heralded as Scotland’s Game of Thrones, but is it any good?
• Outlander generates biggest inward investment ever in Scotland’s screen industry
• Weather warning as gales and snow drift in
• One month to go, and Scots
• Powers of persuasion – they don’t believe everything they’re told
• Express confidence over EU IndyRef vote has divided half of families in Scotland
• Children aged 1 to 12 trapped in shipping container horror
• BBC ‘breach of guideline’ in Sir Cliff investigat­ion
• Kurds claim significan­t victory of winning back major dam
• Focus on regional diplomacy is only way to stop fighting
• One million UK women are forced into low-paid and insecure jobs
• McCutcheon ‘overjoyed’ at news of pregnancy
• Ryder Cup bonanza as organisers release 3,000 extra tickets
• 1,000 homes and schools to be tested for deadly radon gas
• Breakthrou­gh in cure for baldness
• Women have affair rather than divorce, study finds
• Box office records beaten with a week of shows still to go
• Afghan veteran forms team of amputees to tackle gruelling endurance race
• Britons survive as 15 others drowned in tourist paradise
• PM faces legal battle over Israel arms sales
• University of Glasgow invests £7.2m in unique ecology research facilities
• Tales of bravery wanted for new ‘Hall of Heroes’
• Scottish motorists enjoy the cheapest car insurance deals
• Governor criticises police for fuelling anger over shooting
• Woman to get 50 lashes for calling police ‘liars’
• Ukraine forces raise the national flag
• 80,000 f ight democracy with Hong Kong march
• Travel ban to curb Ebola outbreak
• Hands up for a healthier Scotland
• Rhetoric has ratcheted up but caution required on IS
• Yes and No still need game-changers
• Scotland’s first film studio is still on the cards, but the timeline remains unwritten, writes
• Surrogacy is legal,
• Code should improve housing standards
• Charges for using new child maintenanc­e
• ‘baby-buying’ is not
• System can be seen as an incentive or a penalty
• Staying in UK is healthiest option for NHS
• Political truths
• Power for good
• On Twitter
• LABOUR VOTE PITCH CYNICAL, SAYS DARLING
• Warning: contains scenes not suitable for children
• ‘Barometer’ claims record rises in jobs and starting salaries
• Partners aim to launch ‘hothouse’ scheme for renewables sector
• Builders’ interims may provide some shelter for market players
• O’Leary’s steel behind Ryanair charm offensive
• When uncertaint­y is all we can be certain of
• MacDonald joins Hay at bank agri brigade
• 30 SECOND CV
• Wing Commander Bob Foster
• Sir Alan Peacock
• Now and Then
• Still on motoring’s most dangerous and deceptive bends
• Fall in number of players in state schools ‘a real concern’ for Dodson
• Scott vows to speed up after early frustratio­n
• Warren rules out Ryder Cup wild card despite win
• Davis quick off the mark to clinch Scottish Senior Open
• Bergqvist edges tense Boys f inal
• Neilson says ‘no malice’ in Sow’s red card challenge
• Stubbs left feeling ‘robbed’ after dramatic end to Edinburgh derby
• Dodson sets out SRU vision for ‘revolution’
• Farah leads Team GB’s final–day medal charge
• CHAMPIONSH­IP
• Nicholson as teenager’s sweet strike sets up win for his boyhood favourites
• New division, new personnel, but same old derby chaos
• Queens and Raith maintain their perfect starts with away wins
• Too long in coming’ says wounded Hibs defender Nelson
• Rampant Celtic look bound for flag-to-flag glory
• New boy Denayer insists defence is in better fettle for Champions League trip to Maribor
• MacKinnon aiming to repay Accies for handing him top-flight chance
• Hughes praises work ethic of players as Inverness top table
• Slater believes passing game can propel Kilmarnock into top six
• Archibald takes heart as ten-man Thistle dig deep for their point
• Forrest shows cap potential as Ayr maintain their 100 per cent record
• Arbroath pull clear at the top in absence of manager Moore
• Aguero helps City start title
• Familiar flaws as Van Gaal fails to erase misery of Moyes reign
• Chelsea must break down defences better, says Mourinho
• G and Sturridge set the tone for ambitious Reds
• Historic day for Lothian
• Locos temper title talk
• Arbroath cling on to hope after leaders crumble on ‘bizarre’ day
• ‘Ruthless’ bowling display takes Ayr one step closer to becoming champions
• Cook glad he stuck to his guns as India fall to pieces
• ‘Phenomenal’ Scarratt key as England women clinch World Cup
• Positive signs for Argentina despite defeat in South Africa
• Crossbar No 1358
• Kingman reigns alone in France’s finest mile
• Charlton’s classy sprinter can Skate away from rivals
• Newtonmore eye two trophies in a day after key win
• Serena captures Cincinnati title at sixth time of asking
• FIVE DAYS TO THE WEEKEND
• CREATIVITY in a world of CONFLICT
• BRIAN FERGUSON’S DIARY
• bookfestiv­al
• A hilarious journey into failure
• Skating between traditiona­l genres THIS IS CONTEMPORA­RY ICE SKATING
• HUNTER AND JOHNNY
• A sassy social commentary SPINE
• Kearns doomed to schtick of success
• THEATRE LAST CHRISTMAS ASSEMBLY GEORGE SQUARE STUDIOS (VENUE 17)
• Sex and the city gets a new platform
• MUSIC UTE LEMPER/ SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA USHER HALL HHHH
• THEATRE MINETTI ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE HHH
• MUSIC TRIO VERLAINE QUEEN’S HALL HHHH
• MUSIC ARDITTI QUARTET GREYFRIARS KIRK HHHHH

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