Scotland's papers: New alcohol price row and post office deaths

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The ScotsmanImage source, The Scotsman
Daily RecordImage source, Daily Record
The NationalImage source, The National
The HeraldImage source, The Herald
The Scottish SunImage source, The Scottish Sun
The TimesImage source, The Times
Scottish Daily MailImage source, Scottish Daily Mail
Daily StarImage source, Daily Star
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Medical leaders and Scotland's health secretary have slammed the country's drinks industry after it unveiled plans to take its fight against a minimum alcohol price, external to the UK's highest court, according to The Scotsman.

The Daily Record leads with a picture of "savage torture killer" Colin Coats, external who was let out of jail yesterday to go to his mother's funeral.

The Herald says Nicola Sturgeon has won the right for the Scottish government to intervene, external in next month's key hearing at the UK Supreme Court on the triggering of Article 50, which will begin "Britain's two-year divorce from the European Union".

The National leads with the same story, saying Brexit "hangs in the balance", external after the court ruling.

A frightened wife kicked her husband out of their house after 52 years when he attacked her with a potato, external, according to The Scottish Sun.

The Times, external leads with bankers, celebrities and businessmen claiming they face bankruptcy after tax demands over investments in a "huge avoidance scheme".

The father of a girl cryogenically frozen after she died speaks of his distress in The Scottish Daily Mail., external

The Daily Star of Scotland, external leads with a story about I'm a Celebrity Stars Ola Jordan and Sam Quek "spicing up the show".

The Press and Journal, external tells how a village postmaster and his wife have been found dead outside their home in a tragedy "which has shocked the Western Isles".

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