Unbeatable Fachie and NHS faces ‘perpetual winter’
Unbeatable is the headline in the Evening Express which hails para-cyclist Neil Fachie’s fifth gold medal. The Aberdonian and his sighted pilot Lewis Stewart set a new Commonwealth Games record of 59.938 seconds in the men’s tandem 1,000m time trial.
Fachie and Stewart also feature on the front page of The Scotsman alongside a warning that the NHS in Scotland is enduring a “perpetual winter”. The British Medical Association expressed its concerns in the same week NHS Lanarkshire warned that its three hospitals were operating “beyond critical occupancy levels” due to staff and bed shortages.
Herald
The Herald leads with proposals for all new buildings to be fitted with climate-friendly alternatives to fossil fuel heating systems. The paper says they will be banned from having boilers run on gas and oil in two years’ time.
Scottish Daily Mail
The Scottish Daily Mail also leads on the potential boiler ban and says it has sparked fears that buyers will face soaring costs. The paper reports that companies will need to use alternative systems, such as heat pumps, solar energy or electricity in order to secure a building warrant.
Daily Record
Many of the papers feature the judge’s ruling in the Wagatha Christie libel case in favour of Coleen Rooney. The Daily Record says Rebekah Vardy, who was found to have leaked stories to the media about Ms Rooney, has been left “devastated” and now faces a £3m legal bill.
Mrs Vardy has said the judge got it wrong, branding the verdict “unjust”, The Sun adds. In contrast, Mrs Rooney is quoted as saying: “I was right all along.” Wayne Rooney’s wife said she never wanted to go to court and said the £3m legal costs could have gone to helping others, reports the paper.
National
“Sunak hails power grab on Scotland” is the headline in The National. The paper says the former chancellor has also vowed to review the Equalities Act to stop the “woke nonsense” it has allowed to “permeate public life”.
The i
There is promising news for Conservative leadership hopeful Liz Truss – as several papers report that she is making gains in the contest to replace Boris Johnson. “Truss heads for No 10 as Sunak’s tax U-turn fails” is the headline on the front of the i weekend. A poll for the paper shows Rishi Sunak is falling behind in the contest. However, neither Tory candidate would beat Labour’s Keir Starmer among the wider electorate, according to the paper.
Times
“Sunak suffers new blow” is the Times’ headline as the paper says former leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat has lent his support to Ms Truss. Writing in the Times, he said the foreign secretary was the only candidate ready to become PM and unite the Conservative Party. He also endorsed her tax plans. The paper calls Mr Tugendhat’s backing “significant”, given his popularity among Tory members and his position among the One Nation group of centrist Conservative MPs.
Daily Telegraph
According to the Daily Telegraph, Ms Truss is planning a “Thatcherite shake-up of the Treasury” to give No 10 more control over the economy. Sources cited by the paper said if Ms Truss becomes prime minister she will bolster the number of economic advisers in No 10 to give her more power to work with her chancellor to challenge Treasury “group think”. Under a Ms Truss premiership, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng could get the keys to No 11, the paper adds.
Express
The Scottish Daily Express says First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been embroiled in an “honesty row” after researchers cast doubt on her claims about cost of living support.
Glasgow Times
The Glasgow Times leads with the story of a shop worker who preyed on 11 young girls in Scotland and America. The paper says Cameron Stevens, 23, called himself: “Your worst nightmare”.
Press and Journal
The Press and Journal reports that a man is stable in hospital after he was attacked in Inverness. The paper says detectives, who are treating the incident as attempted murder, are unsure how many people were involved.
The Weekend Telegraph leads with the story of a man who believed his “white witch ex” cast a spell on him.
The Courier reports that a speeding livestock driver killed nine cows after his truck toppled on a tight bend.
And the Edinburgh Evening News reports that an incident in which a motorcyclist was deliberately knocked off his bike is being treated as attempted murder.