The Glasgow Times leads with news that police are searching for a man at a country park near Glasgow after the suspicious death of a school teacher. Marelle Sturrock was found dead at a property in Jura Street, in Glasgow’s Mosspark area, on Tuesday morning.
The Scotsman reports on anger at plans to scrap the controversial not proven verdict in Scottish courts. The move is part of sweeping reforms to the country’s justice system that will also see the number of jurors in criminal trials reduced from 15 to 12.
The Aberdeen Evening Express also covers the proposals on its front page and has comments from rape victim Katie Johnston welcoming the plan to scrap the not proven verdict.
The death of Marelle Sturrock, who was from Caithness, makes the front page of the Press and Journal. The paper reports that the police wish to speak to her partner.
The Scottish Daily Mail also covers the death of Ms Sturrock, who was pregnant. The paper reports that the police are searching for the teacher’s partner.
The Scottish Sun also puts the story on its front page and the paper reports that the man police are searching Mugdock Country Park for is Ms Sturrock’s partner.
The Daily Record also covers the story but most of its front page is devoted to a new opinion poll that suggests almost three in four Scots do not care about the coronation.
The Times reports former sub-postmasters and mistresses, wrongly accused of stealing money due to a computer accounting error, have died without getting compensation payouts. It says campaigners claim postmasters were being “timed out” in negotiations and called on ministers to intervene.
The architect of China’s crackdown on Hong Kong pro-democracy protests will represent Beijing at the King’s coronation, says the Daily Telegraph. But the paper says the visit by China’s vice-president Han Zheng has been branded “outrageous” by MPs and describes it as being seen as a “provocative act”.
Profits at Scottish Power’s retail division is the focus of the Herald front page with the energy giant reporting positive earnings of £290m in the first three months of this year.
Doctors are urging the public not to buy “illegal and dangerous” prescription weight-loss drugs online, the i reports. It says it has found black market prescription injections for sale on a Facebook slimming group.
The National uses its front page to question Scotland’s dividend of being part of the Union.
On the other side of the constitutional debate, the Daily Express carries an interview with Douglas Ross, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, who claims Nicola Sturgeon presided over a “decade of division” in Scotland.
“Trump rape accuser in court” says the Metro as it reports on E. Jean Carroll suing ex-US President Donald Trump over an alleged rape nearly 30 years ago.
The Courier front page continues its coverage of a controversial contract award to supply smoke alarms and how many questions about the deal remain unanswered.
The Edinburgh Evening News reports that the pressures on social care in the city have resulted in a daily overspend of about £100,000.
Dundee’s Evening Telegraph reports on an assault court case that left a person with brain damage.
For the second day running, the Daily Star maintains its furious indignation at a study that suggests Jaffa Cakes were the top biscuit for dunking in tea. It put its own “fearless investigator” on the case so that it can prove the original researchers were “proper mugs”.
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