What the Scottish papers say

The return of Big Brother to television screens provides a lead story for many of the tabloids.

The Daily Record says that a randy Scot entered the Big Brother house boasting that he'd bedded 250 women.

And The Scottish Sun adds that Scots hunk Jason Cowan told pals he will sleep with anyone to win Big Brother 5.

According to the Daily Mirror Jason Cowan is hiding a secret agony - he doesn't know his real mum and dad.

The Daily Star prefers to tell how bisexual beauty Emma Greenwood stepped into the Big Brother house ready to lure boys and girls into randy romps.

Meanwhile, The Scotsman says that the Holyrood project is at the centre of a new costs row as it emerged that at least £100,000 of taxpayers' money is being spent on a leading QC to defend the Executive's interests at the official inquiry into the fiasco.

The Herald continues its campaign on the reform of the rape law.

It says a councillor has been cleared of raping a teenage girl because of the recent appeal court ruling that redefined the law on rape in Scotland.

The Scottish Daily Mail speaks to a woman trapped for nine hours in the rubble of the ICL Plastics factory about her "miraculous survival".

The Government's bungled postal voting experiment could delay the final results of the "Super Thursday" elections in June because of countless legal challenges, The Times reports.

Internet boy convicted of grooming his own killer, reports The Daily Telegraph.

A 15-year-old grammar school boy became the first person in Britain to be convicted of inciting someone to murder him, it says.

Reviled cleric Abu Hamza's hooks have been removed by prison officers to stop him attacking fellow inmates, says the Daily Express.