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What the Scottish papers say
The Daily Record reports that John MacDiarmid borrowed £20 from his granddad - and won £55,745 on the horses.

A reporter stands just yards from a plane packed with passengers at one of the country's busiest airports - after exposing a chilling security lapse, writes the Scottish Sun.

The Herald reports that a senior civil servant has told chief constables to end public debate on what many top officers see as the creeping centralisation of Scottish policing.

The Scotsman says that Fintry stands to benefit to the tune of about £5m over 25 years after acquiring its own turbine on a nearby wind farm.

A 12-year-old girl was so drunk she had to be taken to hospital after being found by police involved in a crackdown on underage binge drinking, reports the Press and Journal.

The Courier says that tax will be frozen in Fife next year if a budget proposed by council leaders is given the go-ahead next week.

The Archbishop of Canterbury was facing demands to quit as the row over Sharia law intensified, writes the Scottish Daily Mail.

A former French Foreign Legionnaire who murdered his elderly "foster" mum while high on cocaine and speed was jailed for life, reports the Scottish Daily Express.

Heather Mills made a desperate plea to Paul McCartney to avoid a divorce court showdown next week and said: "I'll take £10m" claims the Scottish Daily Mirror.

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