Scotland\'s papers: Pubs fight for survival and shipyard loan \'fiasco\'

Scotland's papers: Pubs fight for survival and shipyard loan 'fiasco'

Image caption Scotland on Sunday has a report on how landlords are coping - or not - with new rules imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic. It says that with reduced capacity, social distancing, no music and no standing at the bar, "old-fashioned pubs are losing money and losing their ethos".
Image caption The Sunday Herald claims a £30m Scottish government loan to prop up the Ferguson Marine Engineering shipyard on the Clyde "paved the way for state nationalisation two years later".
Image caption The Sun on Sunday reports on a 62-year-old man who lives in Scotland being arrested at Heathrow Airport as part of a major operation against the New IRA.
Image caption The Sunday Express leads with a claim that the Scottish government is "refusing to publish detailed information" about local coronavirus cases. The paper says this comes despite the same data being made available in England.
Image caption The Scottish Mail on Sunday says former first minister Alex Salmond could be planning to sue the BBC over a documentary about his trial on sex assault charges. Mr Salmond was cleared of all 13 charges at the High Court in Edinburgh five months ago.
Image caption The Sunday Times Scotland features analysis by Whitehall's former director general for devolution, Prof Jim Gallagher, who says the coronavirus crisis has "sunk the economic case for Scottish independence".
Image caption The Sunday Post publishes what it says is a "leaked" letter from Scotland's health secretary Jeane Freeman to NHS chief officers. It says the letter reveals that pressure was "piled on" hospitals to move patients into care homes as the Covid-19 pandemic broke out.
Image caption The Sunday Mail says a candidate set to stand for George Galloway's new Scottish political party, Alliance 4 Unity, has been accused of racism.
Image caption The Sunday National focuses on data compiled by pro-independence group Business for Scotland from recent polls. The group claims it suggests only three areas of the country - West Scotland, South Scotland and Mid Scotland and Fife - have retained more than 50% support for the Union since the 2014 referendum.
Image caption The Sunday Telegraph leads with the row over schoolchildren returning to classes in England next month. It also carries photographs of Boris Johnson, his fiancée Carrie Symonds, their baby son Wilfred and dog Dilyn on their summer holiday in Scotland.