The recent floods and strong winds make Scotland’s front pages, with the Scottish Daily Express warning that Scots should brace themselves for another winter blast, which could be described as “a potentially significant” weather event.
Scotland’s Hogmanay celebrations face being derailed by transport chaos warns the Daily Mail. It says after trains were cancelled, drivers were stranded and motorways closed, New Year revellers now face dire warnings. A large picture of Queen’s Brian May also adorns the cover. He is due to be knighted after he received a New Year’s Honour.
The Daily Star also writes about the weather warnings. It says that icy air from the North Pole will affect Scotland early in the new year.
The Scotsman says weather-related travel problems will extend throughout the day, with flood and snow alerts in place. It also says the new Edinburgh Hogmanay organisers have vowed to rebuild and extend the city’s celebrations in the future.
The Herald leads with the “plummeting” numbers of police officers in Scotland. The general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation has said the service is so overstretched that it is having an impact on almost every aspect of policing.
The Daily Record says violent teenagers are filming “sickening assaults” on their phones. It says parents’ groups are calling on online platforms to take action.
Brian May leads the Sun’s front page. It says Scotland football heroes Andy Robertson, Jen Beattie and Kim Little will receive MBEs in the New Year Honours.
The Telegraph writes that Rishi Sunday has brought back Covid tests for the first time since all pandemic restrictions were lifted in the spring. Fears of a new variant emerging from China has meant that anyone travelling from China to the UK will be required to test negative within 48 hours of departure. The decisions comes after President Xi Jinping announced he would lift international travel restrictions from 8 January.
The Times also reports on Rishi Sunak’s decision to order mandatory Covid tests for all travellers from China. The paper has also written about a skin cancer warning, after a woman was the first person to die of sunburn in 20 years in Scotland. A record number of skin cancer deaths also took place last year.
All visitors from China to undergo Covid tests, writes the i weekend. Passengers must test negative for Covid to be allowed entry in the first UK restriction in 11 months.
The National leads with the first minister’s pledge for the new year in her Hogmanay address.
The Glasgow Times reports on two people who were rescued after getting stuck in the floods. It also focuses on the founder and chairperson of the Willow Tea Rooms Trust who is on the New Year’s Honours list for her services to the restoration of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh tea rooms.
The Weekend Telegraph says there are concerns Dundee could face “intolerable emissions” if the city’s bypass is consigned to history.
The Edinburgh Evening News also says Hogmanay organisers are vowing to go bigger and better next year. The paper also reports on Gorgie Farm having to close due to financial challenges.
The new management of Moray caravan park makes the front page of the P&J. The papers says that residents are said to be leaving in their droves after Park Holidays UK bought the site in a £9m deal in the summer.
There is also a photograph of flooded roads on the Courier. It writes that motorists had to drive with care through floodwater near Broughty Ferry after heavy rain overnight. It also tells of an Angus farmer who has had to cull 11 hens and 89 ducks due to an outbreak of bird flu.
The Evening Express says new bus stops may help Aberdeen’s city gull problem.
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