image captionThe Scotsman leads with concerns that the new quarantine regime for travellers entering Scotland may not be ready in time. The paper says Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has failed to confirm whether any hotel rooms have yet been booked.
image captionThe Herald says the first minister is “under renewed pressure” over the botched investigation into harassment claims against her predecessor Alex Salmond. Nicola Sturgeon continues to face questions about when she was informed about the accusations. Mr Salmond was cleared of sexually assaulting nine women while he was Scotland’s first minister.
image captionThe Daily Record leads with a story about a Dunblane survivor who is expecting her first baby on the school massacre’s 25th anniversary. Amy Bestwick was eight when Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 children and a teacher in March 1996. Alongside the headline “Miracle of Dunblane”, the paper says “new hope” has come “from horror”.
image captionThe Daily Mail reports Health Secretary Jeane Freeman saying all Scots under the age of 50 will receive a Covid vaccination this summer.
image captionThe i focuses on the future of the UK’s vaccine rollout, after early trials suggested the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine offered minimal protection against mild disease from the variant first discovered in South Africa. The paper says current vaccines, including the Oxford jab, still offer “vital” protection against serious illness but updates will enhance its ability to tackle the South Africa variant.
image captionUK vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has told the Telegraph the public can still have confidence in the Oxford jab, despite suggestions it is less effective against the South Africa variant. Writing for the paper, Mr Zahawi said the vaccines being used “work well against the Covid-19 variants currently dominant in the UK”.
image captionMillions of people are likely to need a third Covid vaccine dose this year to help tackle new variants of the virus, according to The Times. The paper says the government accepts a top-up campaign increasingly looks necessary and NHS chiefs hope the extra doses can be given at the same time as winter flu jabs.
image captionThe Metro leads with new figures showing the UK is vaccinating almost 1,000 people a minute, with more than 12 million first doses of coronavirus jabs delivered so far. The paper quotes vaccines minister Mr Zahawi, who also welcomed the continued fall in new cases – but insisted it was too early to ease lockdown. The front page also features the controversy over some Scotland rugby players not taking the knee during a minute’s silence in support of an anti-racism campaign.
image captionThe Daily Star warns of possible power cuts and serious disruption, with weather warnings for snow and ice in place for large parts of the UK. “Darcy’s rage” is the paper’s headline – a reference to the name of the storm which could bring temperatures of -15C.
image captionThe Sun leads with a Royal Navy investigation into claims that an officer was caught filming X-rated movies at the Faslane nuclear submarine base.
image captionThe National leads with UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace denying there is panic in Downing Street over a series of polls which suggest a majority of support for Scottish independence.
image captionThe Daily Express calls on readers to join its “green Britain revolution” to help the environment and boost the UK economy by £21bn. Launching its new campaign, the paper is urging the prime minister to take a lead on green issues through bold initiatives.
image captionThe Courier has an interview with a Perth hotel boss who has told how he was almost trampled to death by a herd of stampeding cows.
image captionThe Edinburgh News tells how a bus fleet normally used to take children to school has been repurposed during the pandemic as a distribution network to help the city’s most vulnerable. Its work has included delivering vaccine doses to 70 care homes.
image captionThe Evening Express says an Aberdeen council worker was seriously injured after being trapped between two snowploughs.
image captionThe Glasgow Times features a row over the closure of a sports centre in the city’s Yoker area. Locals have accused the council of being “underhanded” in their plans.
image captionThe Press and Journal leads with an MSP calling for a public inquiry into the 2018 closure of the Cairngorm Mountain funicular railway line.
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