Scotland's papers: Fears over police cuts and 'Green King's' speech
Policing polices in Scotland have come under fire in the aftermath of the Bonfire Night chaos in some communities on Sunday. The Scotsman reports that the Scottish Police Federation is warning the force is "just reactive" after significant decreases in officer numbers in parts of the country. It reports that frontline cuts have damaged the police bond with some communities it serves.
The Edinburgh Evening News reports on the clashes with police in Niddrie using a dramatic image of someone walking in front of a blaze on Sunday evening. Young people targeted police, vehicles and buildings with fireworks and petrol bombs, the paper reports.
Disorder in Dundee makes the front page of the Evening Telegraph. The paper leads with a call from First Minister Humza Yousaf for rioters to feel the "full force" of the law.
The i says Tuesday's King's Speech setting out the government's agenda for the coming year will see the monarch "forced to announce a shredding of eco policy". The paper says the King, who has long campaigned on climate and environmental issues, will have to "hide his true feelings as he heralds a new era of oil and gas exploration". One government source is quoted saying the King "has a job to do", while environmental experts say the speech will send a damaging signal globally.
The Scottish Sun reports the Duke and Duchess of Sussex flew from California to Las Vegas on a private jet to attend a Katy Perry concert. The paper quotes one royal watcher who branded Prince Harry and Meghan "eco-hypocrites", given their vocal support for action on climate change.
The Scottish government's climate policies feature on the front page of The Herald, which reports that SNP ministers are "poised to delay" their climate plan and are off track in hitting their legal emissions targets. The lead story is on the UK Covid inquiry after the UK government's former chief economic adviser said the Treasury had "no estimated cost of a lockdown".
Nearly 300,000 women at risk of breast cancer are to be offered a drug that will halve their chances of developing it, The Daily Telegraph reports. The drug could be routinely prescribed to prevent cancer "much as statins protect against heart disease", it writes. Writing for the paper, Amanda Pritchard, the chief executive of NHS England, says the programme could herald a "new era for cancer prevention" and have a "transformative" impact saving lives.
The Scottish Daily Express reports on calls on Humza Yousaf to keep promises made as health minister over care for patients with pancreatic cancer, following the death of Joan Staples who died without treatment. It reports that seven in 10 people with the disease receive no treatment.
A 78-year-old poppy seller who was caught up in the pro-Palestine rally at Edinburgh Waverley Station on Saturday makes the front page lead for the Scottish Daily Mail. It reports that Jim Henderson was "punched" and "kicked" by protestors.
Labour and SNP MPs are planning to force a vote on whether to call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, The National reports.
The Daily Record reports on senior legal figure Alistair Duff who appeared in court after making lewd and comments about children as he watched adult pornography while leading an online training session for other judges.
A family was left with a £30,000 debt after a grandad was rushed to hospital on the last day of their holiday, the Glasgow Times reports.
A legal loophole that can allow a murderer to make decisions on their victim's estate if they are named executor could be closed after the campaign by a woman whose brother murdered their mother, The Courier reports.
A minister's son has been convicted of sexually abusing a girl he met at church and who was six years younger than him, the Press and Journal reports.
The Evening Express reports that community groups in Aberdeen have told a Holyrood delegation that the North Sea oil and gas boom passed them by, so a transition to green energy must not do the same.
And the Daily Star says that a psychic has claimed that "faithful pets" send their owners "love-filled messages" after they've died and "still like us to talk to them". The headline reads: "Bark from the dead".
