The Scotsman - 2015-12-12

• Businessma­n organises helicopter for teenage cancer patient
• Cuts leave NHS staff unable to do their jobs properly
• Beware of loans for the festive period, warns Jeff Salway
• Car ban on Kincardine Bridge partially lifted for weekend traffic
• IMF’S Lagarde ‘hopes UK will stay in EU’
• College lecturers back strike action in standoff over pay
• Anger at Trump claims over Muslim army recruits
• Tributes paid as Ian Bell, award-winning journalist, dies at 59
• ‘Gutless’ PM put off runway decision
• Engaging with Libya ‘could have stopped IS weapons bid’
• Putin vows to ‘immediatel­y destroy’ any threatenin­g target in Syria
• Phone hacking inquiry finished with no new charges
• Hybrid ferry Catriona is launched on river Clyde
• Christmas comes early for drivers as petrol price drops
• Climate talks set to overrun as France calls for agreement
• Fringe firm wants more Streets of Light
• Inquest of murdered Alice Gross to look at ‘ government failures’
• Online measures to protect children from porn ‘flawed’
• Crash pilot made ‘inappropri­ate’ decision to divert helicopter
• Unveiled: plans for one million acres of community land
• Chinese tycoon reported missing as anti-corruption net widens
• 15 killed in attacks on military bases in Burundi
• Bullet trains and nuclear deal on the agenda during Japan-india talks
• New Zealanders pick flag design but cannot decide on the colour
• Please let this uncivilise­d word lie
• Only a closed he
• Lessons can be learned from Blair’s Libyan efforts
• Little clamour for festive dark ages
• Art could close borders
• There is no such thing as a free lunch, or a free transport infrastruc­ture
• Gloom for constructi­on sector as growth falls short of forecasts
• L&G ends quarterly reporting
• Housebuild­er Bellway builds on its strong foundation­s as profits jump
• Investment companies experience a record-breaking 2015
• Ashley sports a glum look as SDI suffers
• Hope for solution in 2017 to levy ‘repatriati­on’ saga
• Co-op in groundbrea­king move
• Laoidh Nollaig Gàidhlig a bheir cobhair do dh’fhògarraic­h Siria
• Be Wise to Cheltenham chance
• Scots suffer play-off agony
• Selection dilemma for Scots as cup draw made
• It’s good to talk, Budge tells SPFL, as League Cup fallout rumbles on
• “I never forgot the pain and suffering I caused... now I’m trying to give a wee bit back”
• Paterson says Aberdeen have given Hearts toughest game
• Taylor relives the horror of Paris terror attacks
• Dixon claims United have toughened up
• No quick fix for Well, Pearson warns fans
• ‘We just didn’t turn up’ says Johansen after Europa exit
• Platini to miss Euro draw as ban appeal fails
• ‘Funny guy’ Peralta always had a smile
• Queens rescue a point after Thomson blunder
• Strikers drive Oxley to clean sheet record
• Mccall calls on fans to skip shopping and back his side
• Solomons forced into Euro juggling act as World Cup stars get some rest
• Sutherland back to boost Ayr title bid
• Milne’s trip to Rio inspires him to a new Scottish record
• Recommende­d reads for the sports lover in your family this Christmas
• “When we choose projects we’ve our own internal Bechdel test”
• This is starting to rattle my knitting

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