Scotland's papers: Tory leadership scramble and surgery death probes
The race to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative party makes many of the front pages, with The Scotsman focusing on former chancellor Rishi Sunak's decision to throw his hat into the ring
The i newspaper says Mr Sunak is warning that early tax cuts are unlikely if he is chosen as new leader. The paper says dozens of other Conservatives are considering leadership bids.
The Daily Telegraph has a similar focus, with its front page quoting Mr Sunak as saying he is the "serious candidate".
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The Times quotes the former chancellor as saying don't listen to "fairytales" from his leadership rivals when it comes to promises of higher spending and tax cuts
The ousting of Boris Johnson is an opportunity to unite both the Conservative Party and the country, according to the Daily Mail
The Herald has an exclusive report that nearly 20 serious incidents have been investigated in the past five years at a brain surgery unit in Glasgow which is said to have "crumbling" facilities as well as ventilation and drainage problems
The Record has an interview with the ex-wife of Rangers star Andy Goram who describes how she was at his side as he died last week with cancer at the age of 58.
The latest figures on Covid in Scotland are the lead for the Daily Express which says they have increased for a fifth week in a row, although there are signs the rate of increase is slowing.
The National reports that the BBC received more than 700 complaints alleging pro-Conservative bias during an episode of Question Time featuring RMT union leader Mick Lynch
The BBC is also under fire for a different reason in the Edinburgh Evening News which says much of the TV schedule is dominated by repeats.
The Sun leads with the news that the brother of TV host Declan Donnelly has died. The paper reports that Father Dermott Donnelly, a Roman Catholic priest, was 55 and suffered as suspected brain bleed.
It took Celtic hero Henrik Larsson two years to figure out the Scottish accent, according to the Daily Star - but he finally managed it with help from Paul Lambert
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Aberdeen's Evening Express tells how a woman used an app to reveal the identity of a student who was making menacing calls to her using equipment to distort his voice.
A court case that resulted in a pair of puppy breeders being banned from keeping dogs for life after they were found to be keeping animals in squalid conditions is the lead for the Press and Journal
A picture of a burnt out car dominates the front page of Dundee's weekend Telegraph, which tells of residents' fury at reckless vandalism
The Courier reports how two people had a "miracle escape" from a glider which crashed into a fence in Kinross-shire
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