Plans by Boris Johnson’s closest allies to “stop” former chancellor Rishi Sunak from becoming prime minister are driving most of the headlines. The Metro reports that Mr Sunak has almost twice as many declared supporters as any of the other seven candidates as they prepare to face the first vote of Conservative MPs. image caption, The Scottish Daily Express reports that “Boris loyalists” are now rallying behind Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. The paper also asks “Should BBC stars really be earning so much?” after the company released the salaries of its biggest names. image caption, Eight candidates will be on the ballot when Tory MPs start voting for the next prime minister, reports The Scotsman. The paper reports that Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Tom Tugendhat, Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt, Jeremy Hunt, Nadhim Zahawi and Suella Braverman secured all 20 nominations from fellow MPs required to enter the contest and face the vote. image caption, The front page of i has pictures of the remaining candidates as well as the four – Sajid Javid, Grant Shapps, Priti Patel and Rehman Chishti – who either dropped out or decided not to run after failing to garner enough support. The paper also contains an appeal from a group of Tory MPs urging the next prime minister not to abandon the government’s climate change commitments. image caption, The rivalry between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss is the focus for the lead story in Times Scotland. The newspaper said the leadership contest “deadlocked” on Tuesday, with cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg, who is backing Ms Truss, accusing Sunak of damaging the economy and planning to oust Johnson for more from six months. image caption, Speaking to the Daily Telegraph in his first pre-election interview, Rishi Sunak vows to run the economy in the same way as Margaret Thatcher if he becomes prime minister. He told the newspaper “we will cut taxes and we will do it responsibly”, adding: “What you spend you must earn”. image caption, The UK government has urged the UK’s highest court to reject Nicola Sturgeon’s request for clarity on the legality of her planned second independence referendum, the Scottish Daily Mail reports. The paper reports that the UK government told the High Court it would be “premature” to make a case about whether the SNP can go ahead with an independence vote without first getting an Article 30 order. image caption, The National also reports that the UK government is asking the High Court to “throw out” indyref2. The paper reports that a spokesman for Nicola Sturgeon said the people of Scotland had already voted clearly for indyref2. image caption, An 18-year-old girl has died after falling 50ft from cliffs in the Scottish Highlands, the Daily Record reports. The paper reports that Alesha Wright was seriously injured in the incident in the Victoria Walk area of ​​Thurso. The paper says a 26-year-old man was also rushed to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. image caption, The Herald leads with new findings showing that more than one in three young women in Scotland said they had been in an intimate relationship with someone who hurt them physically or emotionally. The study recommends that education about domestic abuse and unhealthy relationships should be part of the Scottish national curriculum or introduced into all schools and educational settings by external specialist organisations. image caption, The Scottish Sun reports that a “hate killer” has been labeled a terrorist threat, two years after being jailed for life for the murder of newspaper agent Asad Shah. The paper says Tanveer Ahmed, 38, is on the radar of prison chiefs who have received information that he is a danger behind bars. Ahmed stabbed Assad, 40, outside his shop in Shawlands, Glasgow in 2016. image caption, NHS Lothian has issued a warning to the Government that GP services are at risk in Maybury, Shawfair and South East Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Evening News reports that the notice was first issued in October 2020. Edinburgh South Labor MP Ian Murray says a senior official told him he “has never had an immediate response to this, despite numerous reminders”. . image caption, The Press and Journal reports that a new mother feared she would die while waiting for an ambulance after suffering massive bleeding. Kate MacRae, 30, said 999 operators put her husband’s calls for help in a queue for a call back instead of sending help. A surgeon who operated on her said it was a “dangerous” decision not to send an ambulance and it was a “serious near miss” she suffered no permanent physical damage. image caption, Scotland’s Transport Secretary Jenny Gilruth is facing fury over a lack of trains for around 300,000 people descending on St Andrews for the Open golf championship, The Courier reports. The paper reports that despite ScotRail drivers accepting a pay deal, there is still no clear date for a return to normal operation, leaving hundreds of thousands of golf fans without a reliable train service from other parts of the UK. image caption, A pastor who escaped a lifetime of gang violence and crime that culminated in being held prisoner at gunpoint has graduated from university aged 52, the Glasgow Times reports. Stuart Patterson, who was offered a scholarship to Hutchesons Grammar in Glasgow, dropped out at 15 and plunged into a life of drugs, drink and violence. The dad-of-three now has a community church at Easter. image caption, A woman is facing court over an alleged £238,000 romance fraud plot targeting an 85-year-old Aberdeen man, the Evening Express reports. The paper says Cheryl Mitchell is accused of romance fraud and attempting to illegally obtain finance for a number of cars, including an Audi Q3 and a BMW 4 Series. image caption, The Evening Telegraph reports that free youth bus transport has been blamed for causing the mass brawl at Broughty Ferry beach. image caption, And Scotland’s Daily Star leads the way with the salaries of the BBC’s top earners, which have been revealed in the company’s annual report. The paper says Match Of The Day presenter Gary Lineker is earning £1.35m for “doing a job our readers could do standing up”.

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