Sturgeon’s £5m climate pledge and Rossi prints match
Several Scottish front pages look to the COP27 summit in Egypt, where a stark warning was issued by the United Nations. “We are on a highway to climate hell” and we have to “co-operate or perish” reports the i newspaper, which calls it the gravest warning yet.
The Herald leads with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s promise to give £5m of Scottish government money towards reparations for the nations most affected by climate change. The paper comments that the topic of reparation continues to dominate discussions at the COP27 conference.
Criticism of the first minister’s appearance at COP27 makes the front of the Scottish Daily Express which reports Ms Sturgeon being accused of “grandstanding” by making the trip to the summit while “leaving” a cost of living crisis behind.
The Scottish Daily Mail’s headline does not hold back. “Just what planet is she on?” it asks of the first minister, writing that she made her “generous gesture” despite the cost of living crisis forcing families in Scotland to cut back on food and fuel.
The Telegraph focuses on PM Rishi Sunak, who is also in Sharm el-Sheik. It reports that he is poised to announce an “energy security partnership” with the US and that the deal would see the US sell billions of cubic metres of liquified natural gas to the UK over the coming year in order to avoid the need for blackouts.
The Times leads on the coming budget, claiming the UK government will commit to increasing benefits, including the state pension, in line with inflation. The paper says the pledge will cost £11bn and will be intended to make sure the budget is seen as “fair and compassionate”.
The National reports “fury” that Scotland could lose two MPs under plans to cut Westminster constituencies. It reports that changes which could alter the boundaries of most constituencies and see Scotland have fewer representatives at Westminster have been branded “outrageous”. It says Wales would also lose eight seats.
Tuesday’s Scotsman boasts an exclusice claiming thousands of patients are being hidden in A&E figures. A whistleblower at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow tells the paper that as many as 2,000 patients a month are being missed off the facility’s waiting time statistics.
The latest twist in the Nicholas Rossi/Arthur Knight saga makes the front of the Metro. It reports that fingerprints taken from US wanted man Nicholas Rossi match those of Arthur Knight, who claims he has never been to the USA.
Rangers captain James Tavernier tells the Daily Record he was “unfairly treated” by police after he was cleared of dangerous driving in court on Monday.
The families of two men found dead in Edinburgh tell the Evening News they will be “forever missed”. Police named the men, whose bodies were discovered inside a flat in Greendykes Road, as Desmond Rowlings, 66, and Derek Johnston, 37.
The top story in the P&J is a warning from business bosses that a planned increase in alcohol duty could deliver an £80m-a-year blow to the Moray economy. The region’s Chamber of Commerce claimed the levy would damage the hospitality industry in the world-famous whisky region.
Stolen life rings along the River Tay make the lead story in The Courier. A safety group tells the paper that every single life-saving ring along a section of Dundee’s waterfront had gone missing over the weekend.
“Don’t heat homes with BBQs” warns a fire chief in the Evening Express over fears that fuel-poor families could try to generate less expensive heat as the cost of living crisis hits.
A dog’s attack on a beloved pet is the front page story in the Evening Telegraph. The dog victim needed emergency surgery, the paper says.
Love Island star Olivia Attwood wanted to remain in the I’m A Celebrity jungle but was forced to leave because of a medical issue, The Scottish Sun reports. The paper describes Ms Attwood as “heartbroken” and says her departure could mean comedian Seann Walsh and former health secretary Matt Hancock will join the show earlier than planned.
And the spirit of the late Barbara Windsor haunts the front page of the Daily Star. The paper says that Scott Mitchell, widower of Dame Barbara, claimed the ghost of the late TV star visits him at the home they shared. The paper quotes Mr Mitchell saying: “My skin tingles and I sense I am not alone… then Barbara is right there by my side”.
