Scotland's papers: Man charged over Skye attack and £5,000 fuel bills
A couple of the papers follow up on the attacks in Skye and Lochalsh. The Daily Record reports that a man has been charged with the murder of a father-of-six and the attempted murders of three other people. John MacKinnon, 47, died after a gun was fired at a property in Teangue, on Skye, on Wednesday morning.
The Scottish Sun says the gunman allegedly shot dead his brother-in-law, stabbed his wife and "blasted" a married couple.
The Scottish Daily Mail reports that the "devastated" family of Mr MacKinnon have paid tribute to the father-of-six, describing him as a "much-loved member of the community".
The Scottish Daily Express splashes on a "shocking new warning" that the average annual energy bill is set to hit more than £5,000 by next April. The paper says hopes of them falling by next spring have been "dashed", noting that talks between energy bosses and ministers in Downing Street "failed to produce a plan".
The Herald describes the crisis as a "humanitarian disaster". The paper says new figures show Scots have already had to typically find an extra £230 a month since the turn of the year, after spiralling rises in the cost of fuel, food and mortgages.
The Scotsman says Nicola Sturgeon has announced an emergency budget review to help combat the growing cost of living crisis. The paper says she warned almost a third of Scottish households face being thrown into "extreme fuel poverty" by October.
As part of her announcement, Ms Sturgeon stressed that the tools needed to deal with crisis were reserved to the UK government and called on Westminster to do more to help households, according to The National.
The i reports that Downing Street held a summit with energy bosses which failed to deliver any new help in tackling the rising cost of living crisis.
Boris Johnson shocked energy bosses by attending the meeting on Thursday after weeks of staying under the radar, reports the Metro. After what the paper describes as a "rare appearance", the prime minister said there would be no more action taken until after his successor was elected despite soaring bill projections for the rest of this year and into next.
The Daily Star of Scotland has a tongue-in-cheek suggestion that people who want to avoid the cost of living crisis "should consider becoming an MP or a fatcat". The paper sarcastically remarks there doesn't appear to be any other plan, after the meeting in No 10 ends with "absolutely no plan to solve the crisis" and Jacob Rees-Mogg has told people "not to fret about huge pay for energy bosses".
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has rejected calls to expand the windfall tax on the profits of energy companies and pledged to end the ban on fracking, reports the Daily Telegraph. The favourite to be the next prime minister told a leadership hustings on Thursday that profit is not a "dirty word" and that it was a plan that would be taken by Labour.
Meanwhile, The Times Scotland says Ms Truss' opponent Rishi Sunak has set out plans that he "hopes will cover the total cost" of soaring energy bills for up 16 million vulnerable people. The paper notes the former chancellor said he was prepared to spend up to £10billion to "soften the impact" of the October price rise by abolishing VAT on energy bills, challenging her to join him in the process.
The Courier reports that reigning Olympic gold medallist Eve Muirhead is retiring from curling after 15 years. The 32-year-old Perthshire skip, made the decision months after winning Team GB's only gold medal at Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics along with her teammates. Team GB described Ms Muirhead as a "leader, trailblazer, inspiration".
Edinburgh Evening News reports that Scotland will be hotter than Casablanca on Friday, as temperatures are expected to reach up to 30C. Scotland will officially meet the criteria for a heatwave when temperature exceed 25C for three days in a row.
Council officials will soon have the power to force entry to local authority homes in Aberdeen where tenants have refused the fitting of new smoke alarms, according to The Press and Journal. The local authority expects to have a new procedure in place by the end of this month to upgrade 2,500 properties which do not have the legally-required devices.
A sheriff has apologised to a young Aberdeen nurse after she was arrested and taken to court in handcuffs following a paperwork mix-up, says the Evening Express. The paper says The Crown Office thanked Miah Duffy for telling them she was going on holiday to Ibiza and then issued a warrant for her arrest.
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A Dundee dad has warned families to turn off their chargers at night after his "exploded" while charging his phone, reports the Evening Telegraph.
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