The papers: Long waits for ambulances

Almost 2,000 patients with non-life threatening injuries in the Lothians had to wait more than an hour for an ambulance last year, according to an investigation by The Scotsman. It says many more people living in other parts of the country are also likely to have faced a long wait.

The Herald leads with a "damning" report from Keep Scotland Beautiful which claims levels of rubbish, fly-tipping and graffiti are at their worst levels in a decade.

"Two days of storm chaos" is predicted on the front page of the Scottish Daily Express as the remnants of hurricane Ophelia are expected to hit Scotland at about lunchtime on Monday.

Radical plans to abolish the "punishment" of young offenders is revealed on the front page of the Scottish Daily Mail. It says a high-level meeting discussed plans for a more lenient approach so that the purpose of sentencing would no longer be to punish.

The latest on the Harvey Weinstein affair makes the front page of the Daily Record, which reports that three more women have told police in the UK that the movie mogul sexually assaulted them.

The Daily Star of Scotland said British police are now investigating five sex assault allegations involving the film boss.

Chancellor Philip Hammond is considering funding tax breaks for younger people by cutting reliefs for older and better off workers, according to the Scottish edition of the Daily Telegraph.

The Scotland edition of The Times reports that Theresa May will make a surprise trip to Brussels later in a bid to "break the impasse on Brexit".

A former soldier who was arrested over pension fraud claims has told The Scottish Sun that he has been left feeling suicidal.

A Conservative councillor and former teacher features on the front page of The Courier, after she criticised the SNP's record on education on the Conservative Home website. Kathleen Leslie, who sits on Fife Council, was struck off the teaching register after posting a series of abusive posts during the 2014 independence referendum.

News of a "major conference" on Scottish independence features on the front page of The National.