The front pages of newspapers in Scotland are dominated by coverage of the Rutherglen and Hamilton by-election as voters head to the polls. However, the BBC and other broadcasters are restricted to factual reporting only in line with polling day rules. For this reason, the front pages of newspapers that could be perceived as attempting to sway the outcome of the vote have been omitted from the BBC’s coverage.
The Herald leads with a story about Police Scotland, which lost an appeal in a case involving a woman rejected for a job because she was taking anti-depressants. The woman is now suing for discrimination and alleges that the force’s occupational health provider had a policy in place requiring staff to be two years free from the medication.
The Scottish Daily Mail focuses on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party Conference speech, in which he referred to the “family of nations” across the UK and the “forces of separatism” being “in retreat”. The paper reports that Sunak’s comments have been interpreted as a sign that the Union is the strongest it has been in 25 years.
Similarly, the Metro describes the speech as a “game changer” and reports on Mr Sunak’s decision to scrap the second phase of the HS2 rail project. Meanwhile, the i focuses on Mr Sunak’s pledge to “end 30 years of political status quo” and his commitment to phasing out smoking and scrapping A-levels.
Other stories making headlines in Scottish newspapers include former Celtic striker Anthony Stokes failing to appear in court and an NHS medical centre in Aberdeen being forced to close after it was discovered that the building had been constructed using potentially unsafe concrete. The Edinburgh Evening News reports on concerns over asylum seekers being forced to share rooms in “unsuitable” temporary accommodation, while the Dundee Courier focuses on a local pub owner who was fined for falsely claiming on social media that an MP was being investigated for sexual misconduct
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