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Scotland's papers: UK 'runs into buffers' amid biggest rail strike

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The rail strikes this week dominates many of Tuesday's front pages. "Britain runs into the buffers" is The Times' headline, as it reports that more than 50,000 RMT union members will walk out.
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The Scottish Daily Express says Mr Johnson has warned that the rail strikes risk harming the whole nation. He has called for "sensible" pay deals to ease the cost crisis, the paper adds.
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Unions have said that Tory ministers "actively prevented" a pay deal which would have prevented strike action, according to the Daily Record.
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The Daily Telegraph says the prime minister has accused trade unions of "harming the very people they claim to be helping" as Britain braces for the biggest rail strikes in 30 years. Boris Johnson has rejected demands for a 7% pay rise and dismissed suggestions that it could be paid for through fares, the paper reports.
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"It's all going a bit loco", the Metro says, leading on the same story. It quotes National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers chief Mick Lynch as saying the strikes will run "until we get a settlement that's acceptable to our people".
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The Daily Star of Scotland notes that it's the "worst strikes for 30 years, plus chaos at our airports... and now this", pointing out, in forthright terms, that Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab is temporarily "in charge of the country" while Mr Johnson recovers from a minor sinus operation.
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In other news, the i leads with a report that Downing Street has asked ministers to ease restraints on top City pay to show overseas companies the "benefits of Brexit". The paper says the move could prove controversial during the cost of living crisis.
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The Scottish Daily Mail reports that Nicola Sturgeon's SNP was involved in a furious political and legal row over attempts by the party to rally round "sex pest" MP Patrick Grady. The paper says the party's leader in Westminster, Ian Blackford, faces demands to quit after a leaked recording caught him urging party politicians to support the former chief whip.
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Ian Blackford has been urged to explain the SNP's handling of sexual harassment allegations as the victim at the centre of the Patrick Grady row said he is considering legal action against the party, according to The Scotsman.
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The Herald carries the news that staff at South Lanarkshire College "personally benefited" from the use of its materials and lecturing time to "build, model and repair" their homes and other properties, according to startling claims set out in a leaked report. The paper says whistleblowers claimed the project, described as being "of significant scale" and known as "the Big Job", was completed in or around 2013.
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The Scottish Secretary has told SNP MP Deidre Brock to "suck it up and go with the programme" after she expressed concerns over Westminster bypassing the devolution settlement, says The National. The paper says The MP for Edinburgh North and Leith raised fears about the funding of projects in her constituency which bypassed conversations with the Scottish government.
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A popular children's playpark in Inverness is being earmarked for a £500,000 upgrade after council bosses admitted its facilities were "nearing end of life", reports the Press and Journal. The paper says this comes after a local dad said Whin Park should be shut down as it was too dangerous for children to play in. Martin Burnside said the venue was an "embarrassment" and urged Highland Council to fence it off until repairs were carried out.
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Edinburgh Evening News reports that a public-private consortium led by Forth Ports has submitted its bid for a green freeport in the Firth of Forth which it claims could generate 50,000 new green jobs and unlock £6bn of investment. Forth Ports said the proposed freeport, centred on Leith, Grangemouth and Rosyth, could "re-industrialise" Scotland, acting as a catalyst for new green technologies and renewable energy manufacturing.
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The Courier says a family have been left "shocked and upset" after the grave of Liam Graham was vandalised at Newburgh Cemetery in Fife. The paper says his eight-year-old daughter found it vandalised when she went to visit the site on father's day.
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The Glasgow Times reports that Sheriff Shona Gilroy told speeding driver Martin Mather he was "lucky not to have killed someone" as Glasgow Sheriff Court heard of his actions on 13 July last year.
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A masked gang raided a family's Aberdeen home and made off with their Audi A4 Allroad, according to the Evening Express. The paper says the family were woken by the thieves, who broke into the property on Morningfield Road on Monday morning.
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The Evening Telegraph says firefighters were called to Victoria Road during the early hours of Sunday morning to reports of a torched minivan. The paper says vandals targeted the home in Broughty Ferry which provides housing for homeless veterans.