Scotland's papers: PM says no deal is 'good' and tracing app in days
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The Times reports that Boris Johnson has set a deadline for a deal to be struck on UK-EU trade talks. The paper says the prime minister. Mr Johnson has said that no deal could be a "good outcome". He believes any disruption to business caused by the Brexit transition period ending without a trade deal could be mitigated.
The Telegraph headline says "38 days or we walk" as it reports on the 15 October deadline. It says Boris Johnson will give the EU until the European Council's October meeting, or else Britain will "move on". The paper quotes the prime minister saying: "If we can't agree by then, then I do not see that there will be a free-trade agreement between us."
"No deal Brexit is a good outcome" says the Scottish Daily Express as it reports the PM's words. The paper claims the UK is "ready to prosper" without a trade agreement if Brussels is unwilling to back down on what he calls "unreasonable demands". The story quotes a Brussels source as saying the chances of a Brexit pact are now "sub zero".
The Scotsman focuses on coronavirus after Sunday's figures showed the largest rise in new cases since May. It reports that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the new Protect Scotland tracing app will be ready for launch within days.
Headteachers have been left "exhausted" by dealing with Covid regulations in schools, according to Monday's Herald. It says school bosses have warned of "excessive" and "unsustainable" workloads as a result of the pandemic, with poor IT making working online "completely impossible". School management teams sounded the alarm as the Scottish government said blended learning - where classroom teaching is combined with remote lessons - remains "a necessary contingency plan".
"Drugs Mugs" is the headline in the Daily Record. It says the "heartless" Westminster government has rejected every plan put to it to help solve Scotland's drug death crisis.
The weekend's Extinction Rebellion protests make the front of the i newspaper, which writes that the prime minister wants to crack down on disruptive protests. Climate change campaigners blockaded roads leading to newspaper printing presses, affecting the distribution of some of Saturday's papers.
In the Scottish Daily Mail's lead, we learn that Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross plans to "kill" the SNP's proposed hate crime bill. The paper reports that the Conservatives are planning to introduce a debate at Holyrood in a bid to "scrap the legislation once and for all". The story says Mr Ross has pledges to use "every tactic at his disposal" to stop the legislation.
The National leads with a story about a previous Tory leader in Scotland, Ruth Davidson. Referring to her as "Baroness" the paper claims the soon-to-be peer and Douglas Ross have sent out letters "begging" people to give money to the Conservatives' Holyrood campaign fund. The new Scottish Tory leader and the party's chief in Holyrood have written to voters - including some in Nicola Sturgeon's Glasgow Southside Constituency - asking for cash to fight next year's election.
The Evening Telegraph leads with a story from the courts. A man allegedly reversed his car at police officers on New Year's Eve before fleeing and hiding in a garden.
Potential industrial action at one of Edinburgh's most well-known biscuit factories is the lead story in the Edinburgh News. It reports "unrest" over pay and conditions at Burton's production site in the city.
The Evening Express reports on a man who has been jailed for "abducting and battering" his former school bully.
Anti-social behaviour is the subject of the Glasgow Times' front page which reports on a woman's "living hell" in a flat in the south side of the city, living with unacceptable behaviour from her neighbours. "I don't want another family to go through this hell" she says.
The Courier leads with anger over cancelled apprenticeships. It says politicians have called for an investigation after Fife Council turned down £230,000 for apprenticeships for the city's most deprived young people.
A dramatic image of the aftermath of a devastating wild fire greets readers of the P&J this morning, illustrating a report that Cairngorms rangers had to tackle almost five fires a day last month as irresponsible behaviour plunged peaceful beauty spots into chaos.
"Sickly Come Dancing" is the Scottish Sun's headline as it claims BBC's flagship show Strictly has been hit by a positive coronavirus test. The story says the show was thrown into disarray after a crew member caught the virus. It says "panic spread among the pro dancers" who were due to start filming in the studios on Monday.
And the Daily Star of Scotland leads with a story about TV presenter Gail Porter, who is narrating a BBC Scotland documentary series about Scotland's zoos. It says working alongside the penguins at Edinburgh Zoo gave her mental health a boost.
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