The Scotsman - 2022-11-18

• Nightmare before Christmas
• CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
• Book festival’s cuts likely to prompt hard thinking
• YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
• AGONISING OVER ANSWERS?
• Wind and solar farms to hand over excess under windfall tax rise
• Scots braced for tax rises and
• Analysis: Is it time for SNP to leave financial comfort zone?
• UK ‘can be world’s next Silicon Valley’
• Teaching union reveals more strikes in January unless pay offer improved
• House prices expected to fall by 9% over the next two years, says OBR
• Royal College of Nursing warns of December pay strikes
• From growth to near austerity in just 12 months
• Taxing electric vehicles is an attack on the planet – Gilruth
• A75 upgrade study puts Conservati­ves and the SNP at loggerhead­s
• Hunt says difficult tax rise decisions will put the UK on path to stability
• How long will the recession last?
• Bank shares boost after surcharge cut
• Government set to press ahead with Sizewell C nuclear power station
• Comment: Stamp duty freeze must now be matched north of the border
• Toughest public spending cuts pushed back until after next election
• Dutch court convicts three over downing of Malaysian flight MH17
• Blame ‘belongs solely to Russia’
• Kate’s comfort: Princess of Wales visits refugees from war in Ukraine
• UN confirms extension of grain deal
• Say no to gender self-id
• Andy Warhol masterpiec­e sells for £72m
• Doubts over efficacy of radiothera­py
• Sturgeon told indyref movement ‘sinking’ amid ship deals claims
• Conservati­ve MSP says Holyrood misled again with Scottish ministers risking bringing the parliament into disrepute
• Blackford spared leadership challenge
• Speed reduced on rail network as ‘extreme rainfall’ forecast
• Feeding pets dry food cuts impact on environmen­t
• Cost-of-living crisis threat for veterans
• Stores rationing as egg shortage grips the UK
• Man hit by taxi rushed to hospital
• Expert on the Battle of Culloden dies
• Alcohol advertisin­g could be banned in sport under new plans
• Good optics: Artist marks Craft Scotland event with display of glass blowing
• Covid deaths rise to 47 last week
• Drivers face ‘shameful’ lack of toilets
• University union vote to be first in UK to go 100% plant-based by 2025
• Warning over fines as Porsche is clamped
• Film honours woman who created world's most valuable whisky
• Medics ‘under immense pressure’
• Tom Tugendhat banned for using mobile phone at wheel
• A glimpse of a lost and forgotten world behind closed doors
• Return of Ramsay Street - Neighbours is picked up by Amazon after cancellati­on
• Scottish democracy is in dire need of a major audit
• UK not out of the financial woods yet
• Inside Transport
• Tory failings
• Tough choices
• Booze loophole
• Easing inflation
• ON TWITTER
• Swinney challenge
• Happy in dark
• Preaching to choir
• Fair scunnert by SNP MSPS’ attempts at Scots
• Calm waters
• Hunt the money
• Is this an answer to the Elgin Marbles question?
• Turkey detains suspect in Syria
• Jailed activist ‘has deteriorat­ed severely’
• Biden blow as Republican­s win 218th seat to claim slim majority in US House
• Two killed in second Kenya building collapse
• Israel and Jordan agree deal to save Jordan River
• All light on the night as Botanics spectacula­r returns for Xmas
• Brilliant books to give to family and friends this Christmas
• NOW & THEN
• COURT CIRCULAR
• ANNIVERSAR­IES
• DOUBLE CROSSWORD
• QUICK CLUES:
• BATTLESHIP­S
• WORD SPIRAL
• WORD WHEEL
• Swinney visits social enterprise café
• Burberry plans bag and shoe sales drive
• Thousands more to benefit from fibre
• Lidl sees profits leap as shoppers switch in droves to discounter­s
• Scots vertical farming firm Intelligen­t Growth Solutions selects Stateside location to deepen North American roots
• Translatio­n agency plans move into Middle East
• Sterling drops but Gas generators lift the FTSE 100
• Menzies embarks on trial of unique electric van
• Royal Mail looks for move to 5 day week
• Clarifying the law on ending property leases
• University of Dundee
• FRENCH FANCY
• Kia calls time on Stinger as EV6 GT becomes new flagship
• THE CAR IN FACTS
• Turbocharg­ed version of Kia’s city car feels just as at home on the open road, writes Matt Allan
• VW ID range hits 500k sales mark
• Mercedes-amg One claims ’Ring record
• Kandoo attitude is expected to serve Nicholls well at Ascot
• Nadal happy to end his campaign on a ‘positive’ note in Turin
• Murphy plays in ‘complete agony’ but gets better of Trump
• ‘If you have a problem with me, fine, but don’t go after my family’
• Malan admits to tears after the ‘cruel’ blow of missing World Cup final
• Paid contracts for women’s internatio­nal team is a ‘watershed moment’ for Cricket Scotland
• Hearts fulfil goal of staying in the hunt for third place
• Hearts trio given World Cup shopping list as team-mates prepare to cheer Aussies
• Postecoglo­u left shaking his head as Celtic fail to impress in Sydney
• Boss eager to bounce back against Everton
• Hot property Doak impresses but profligate Scots denied by Iceland
• Gemmill urges his squad to learn from second-half lapses
• Ampadu confident Wales will cope with the heat
• Neville sees no way back for Ronaldo
• Omoijuanfo’s first goal for Norway foils Irish
• Sexton says fine form is fuelled by his Lions snub, which ‘hurt like hell’
• Jones insists it’s ‘horses for courses’ against All Blacks
• Wales No 10 Priestland hailed for his ‘mental resilience’ ahead of tough Georgia test
• Edinburgh’s coaches deserve credit for rise of Boffelli, reckons Cheika
• Three capital schools through to semi-finals
• Macleod will be honoured at Borders derby
• Ferguson says Turkey test was ideal preparatio­n
• ‘We were well off it’ /Postecoglo­u frustrated as Celtic lose in Sydney

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