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The Daily Record reports that hundreds of eco activists are planning a climate change camp teaching direct action techniques next week at the Grangemouth fuel depot, near Falkirk. The paper says a day of direct action aimed at halting fuel supplies getting out from the site will take place.
Up to a third of all European flights are at risk of being delayed or cancelled this summer after air traffic controllers said they would strike, the Times reports. Controllers at Eurocontrol, the European air traffic management body, have said they would walk out over the peak summer period after talks over staffing, rosters and pay broke down, the paper reports.
Demands for improved safety measures are on the front page of The Herald which is reporting that the number of workplace deaths in Scotland has doubled since before the Covid pandemic.
The National reports that Ian Blackford, the SNP’s former leader at Westminster, says a new paper he will publish next week will provide “a roadmap to growing the Scottish economy” and winning the independence debate.
The Scottish Daily Mail leads with the news that the UK government is to “look into the spending” of Scottish government money on the issue of independence.
The Scottish Daily Express carries the same story about how the Scottish government uses its devolved powers and budget.
The Scottish Sun reports that Aaron Campbell – who abducted, raped and murdered six-year-old Alesha MacPhail – is moving from a young offenders unit to an adult jail.
The Scotsman reports on the potential for further delays for a troubled new ferry. The paper says that an eight week period of familiarisation needed when the long overdue Glen Sannox is delivered means it could miss the start of the 2024 CalMac summer timetable.
The i newspaper reports that the Home Office has painted over Mickey Mouse and Jungle Book murals for children at an asylum centre in Kent. It follows the paper’s exclusive report on Tuesday, which revealed Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick had ordered their removal because they were too welcoming. Critics have accused the minister of being “heartless”, the paper says.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, has backed trans students amid a series of free speech rows at universities.
The Glasgow Times reports a group of Glasgow pensioners have been left devastated as their shared balcony, which they decorated with their own money, is due to close.
The sentencing of a man who left a “blood-soaked victim” for dead on a street in Buckie is the main story in the Press and Journal.
A notice hitting out at people who do not clear up after their dogs is the lead in the Dundee Evening Telegraph.
A sustainable Christmas tree planted nine months ago in Dundee city centre has died, reports The Courier.
A 91-year-old woman defrauded of her life savings by someone posing as an oil boss is the front page story of the Aberdeen Evening Express.
And Friday’s edition of the Edinburgh Evening News highlights First Minister Humza Yousaf’s first 100 days in office.
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