Scotland's papers: Mortgage rate hike and Souness Channel swim
Expecations that the Bank of England will continue raising interest rates features in several of Saturday's papers. The Herald says it could lead to mortgage payments rising by £240 a month for the average household remortgaging next year.
The i highlights banks pocketing £4.8bn in extra profits by "hiking" home loans and not passing on interest rate rises to savers. The paper says several of the UK's biggest banks have been accused by MPs and experts of "exploiting" customers during the cost of living crisis.
The Daily Record leads with Scottish footballing legend Graeme Souness smashing the £1m barrier ahead of his charity attempt to swim the English Channel this weekend.
The Scotsman goes with its own investigation into the number of empty or nearly empty passenger flights passing through Scottish airports this year. The paper says the figure of 1,500 so-called ghost flights has risen sharply compared to before the Covid pandemic, sparking environmental concerns.
The National leads with the King's first birthday honours list, saying republicans have hit out at the announcement that King Charles has bestowed Scotland's highest honour on his wife Camilla, with the move being branded "cronyism with a crown on top".
The Daily Express also highlights the honours list, with radio DJ Ken Bruce being awarded an MBE. But it leads with an opinion poll which it says suggests Nicola Sturgeon's popularity has "plummeted" since the police launched an investigation into the SNP's finances.
A picture of the King and Queen features on the front page of the Daily Mail, as the birthday honours are announced. It leads with claims that Police Scotland failed to solve nearly four out of five housebreakings last year.
Stubbornly high inflation in the UK is due to Brexit, according to the former Bank of England governor Mark Carney. He tells the Daily Telegraph: "There's no joy in saying 'well, we told you so' because people are having to live with that reality." Joe Root is pictured on the front page after he scored a century on the first day of the Ashes., prompting the headline "Root gets the Ashes burning".
The Times reports 25 notebooks from Boris Johnson's time as prime minister are being withheld from him by the government after a review by the security services found pages of highly sensitive material. The paper's chosen photo for its coverage of the honours list is novelist Martin Amis whose knighthood has been conferred a month after his death.
The Scottish Sun says Prince Harry's High Court case over alleged phone hacking is on course to cost taxpayers more than £1m.
The Courier reports claims that NHS Tayside bosses knew its former head of neurosurgery, Prof Sam Eljamel, was harming patients and putting them at risk for years but let him carry on regardless.
The Press and Journal says nearly 100 patients in the north of Scotland and the Western Isles face delays or disruption to chemotherapy treatment after a specialist colorectal oncology consultant left his post earlier than planned.
The Glasgow Times highlights pipe band leader Andy Melvin receiving the British Empire Medal in the King's birthday honours. As Pipe Major of Williamwood Pipe Band, Andy took the band from the brink of collapse in 1975 and led them to back-to-back World Championship titles.
The Weekend Telegraph has an interview with Montrose strike Kane Hester talking about his gambling issues after being banned for eight games.
The Edinburgh Evening News leads with Sir Rod Stewart saying he is set to quit touring as he prepares to play two massive outdoor shows in Edinburgh this summer.
