The Scotsman - 2018-08-16

• Shifting sands: Horses swap Arabian desert for Portobello beach
• Minister advised top school how to get around ‘tax grab’
• Stop the pop in Princes St Gardens, says watchdog
• CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
• Elusive pine marten caught on camera
• One year old: Baby Box celebrates its first year anniversar­y
• Vicar and curate in adulterous affair
• New arrests over child grooming
• Stolen Buddha on passage to India
• CLARIFICAT­IONS & CORRECTION­S
• AGONISING OVER ANSWERS?
• SCOTTISH PERSPECTIV­E
• Material Girl turns 60 after groundbrea­king career of controvers­ies
• Heart and sole: Catholic charities lead calls for internatio­nal action to assist refugees and migrants
• Scottish GDP bounces back to outstrip growth across the wider UK
• Jag to replace HIV cocktail crosses final trials hurdle
• Cipriani police assault charge
• Campaigner­s pledge to appeal after judge rejects abortion pill challenge
• Tributes paid to publisher, theatre founder and ‘visionary’ John Calder
• Closing schools attainment gap will take ten years, says Swinney
• Almost 200 flights disrupted by passengers
• RBS comes bottom in survey of personal banking
• Scottish opposition to Brexit has hardened in two years since vote
• RBS in US deal
• Tunnel vision: Fringe performers stage dance exhibition in underpass
• Third chief constable in five years set to lead Police Scotland
• House of Fraser website offline amid reported delivery woes
• Big rise in place of safety orders
• Brown: Corbyn is ‘simply wrong’ on anti-semitism row
• Scientists warn of sea level tsunami threat
• Corbyn was ‘standing up for democracy’ with gesture
• Westminste­r terror attack suspect arrested for attempted murder
• Leukaemia treatment researcher­s win £3.1m fund for pioneering study
• Pedestrian option for area, says police chief
• Commuters to be hit with 3.2 per cent rail fare hike
• Man jailed for assaulting baby
• Family wins damages from ‘negligent’ doctor after fatal heart attack
• Funding for Malawian sexual health services
• Thousands back P1 test opt-out campaign
• BBC will not challenge Richard privacy ruling
• Son saves father at sea rescue
• Life lessons from the bear of very little brain
• First among sequels as Denzel Washington returns as The Equalizer
• Pipe Dream: Performers arrive from across the world for yearly music celebratio­n
• Baker famed for butteries facing jail over child porn
• Man in critical condition after murder bid
• City considers 4am closing time for nightclubs
• Man who died on board boat in harbour named
• Man tries to abduct woman at crossing
• Buddy reading project awarded £40,000 funding
• Teenager found dead two weeks before university
• Dispute dominates day of remembranc­e over Omagh bombing
• House prices up almost 5% in June
• New light on love life of basking sharks
• Combinatio­n of factors killed North Sea whales
• Prosecutor­s investigat­e bridge design as death toll reaches 39
• 30 killed in Taleban attacks on checkpoint­s
• Students die as boat sinks on Nile River
• New Zealand unveils ban on foreigners from buying homes
• Bowing out: Koreans mark end of war
• Shell marks 50 years of North Sea production as energy sector plans for the future
• Superfast work – thousands of Scottish customers are linked to new broadband
• As Steve Bannon drips poison in his ear, Boris panders to prejudice in his bid for power
• The lack of a debate on Andrew Wilson’s Growth Commission at SNP conference is a startling omission, writes Tom Peterkin
• An ominous sign for world peace?
• SNP helps a boarding school
• Scotland can improve education faster without a bill, writes John Swinney
• Building on success – the Capital is thriving thanks to new developmen­t
• Tills are pinging, visitors are happy – capital shopping is beating high street slump
• HOW TO BECOME A FRIEND
• Hitting the buffers
• Time to re-mark
• A sinking ship?
• Rough sleeping problem can be solved but political will needed to make it happen
• ON TWITTER
• Waspish words
• Too many people
• Where does it go?
• The Scotsman letters pages
• Picture Gallery
• Railing at rise
• Off the agenda
• Brexit stage left
• Signature pubs to hire 150 staff after £10m investment
• Airdrie plant hire firm ups eco credential­s
• Weatherbys board appoints Jacqui Low
• New marketing boss for footwear retailer Schuh
• Inflation stays on course to ease despite latest increase
• On the waterfront: Savills appointmen­t is another step forward for Glasgow project
• Fanduel co-founders file lawsuit in wake of Paddy Power Betfair merger
• Texo rolls out marine business
• Fatface cautious despite sales rise
• Customers grow at insurance firm
• Female first for engineerin­g firm
• Balfour Beatty on solid foundation­s
• Take ‘soaring’ rent estimates with a pinch of salt
• US data and tech outfit opens base in Glasgow
• Scots firm lights the way in O2’s wireless communicat­ion trials
• Tvsquared targets Latin American advertiser­s
• FTSE plunges as miners hit rock bottom
• Richard Jarecki
• Help when you find it is difficult to cope
• SLATER Margaret
• CAMERON Alexander D. (Sandy)
• GREENSHIEL­DS William (Bill)
• FORMAN Cathie (nee Mcgillivra­y)
• SCOTT Anne
• STEWART Margaret (nee Forrest)
• THOMSON J. Betty
• Ronald Mackay
• NOW & THEN
• COURT CIRCULAR
• DOUBLE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC
• COMPACT CROSSWORD
• WORD SPIRAL
• WORD WHEEL
• Holyrood consultati­on lacks post-brexit vision
• Grass is always greener with help on hand through webinars
• Royal Ascot winner Bacchus targets Ayr Gold Cup
• GLENDALE TIPS
• Hussain urges England to pick Stokes for third Test
• Howie is up for the next Challenge
• Off-form Garcia needs top-20 finish to maintain impressive streak
• Olesen back in the club and looking to Ryder Cup
• Agony and ecstasy
• Alloa Athletic Three recruits needed
• Ayr United Great signing
• Dundee United Fear factor
• Falkirk Disjointed Bairns
• Morton Miller in top form
• Partick Thistle Fitzpatric­k’s masterclas­s
• Dunfermlin­e Pars trumped
• Ross County A tweak and a click
• Inverness Caley Thistle Youths leave sour taste
• Queen of the South Too much respect
• I’m a celebrity and I’m United ... star fans say yes to new role at Tannadice
• Mcmullan’s late double seals United comeback and passage into next round
• Kerr praises Hibs pair’s decision to move south
• Scots at St Mary’s urged Jones to swap one Saints for another
• Griezmann set to lead Atletico in bid to rule Spanish capital
• RESULTS/FIXTURES
• Malcolm on target as Barca ease to victory
• Molde look to claim another Scottish scalp on home soil
• Gerrard insists he won’t park the bus
• Boyd urges Rangers hothead Morelos to keep his cool and focus on scoring goals
• Avoidable insists Walker
• Stevenson: Group stage would top cup wins
• Commons: Signings by Rodgers not good enough
• Rennie seeks improvemen­ts and looks to Leinster for inspiratio­n
• Rangers reject bid for Morelos
• Hearts dig in on Lafferty valuation
• Laura Lexx
• My festival
• Brian Ferguson’s diary
• Brown urges us to rise to the challenge
• An eclectic evening with Mccall Smith
• Catriona Morison & Simon Lepper
• Generation game is in a different class
• National Youth Orchestra of Canada
• The Jesus and Mary Chain
• A first in gender studies
• Punk battle cry for freedom
• More fun than Wagner
• Taking the pulse of our NHS
• Our critics give you the definitive guide to what’s hot so far…
• FIND A FEST
• Branch out to the top of the world
• KEYS TO KNOW
• A spot of trouble with next door that could prove costly
• High-end homes keep a foot in the city
• USP Island life
• KEYS TO KNOW
• KEYS TO KNOW
• KEYS TO KNOW
• Fresh air and nature on the doorstep
• Perfect location for families and downsizers

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