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What the Scottish Sundays say

As workers go on strike at the Grangemouth oil refinery many of Scotland's papers write on the story.

The Sunday Post says about 65,000 tonnes of fuel will be shipped in from Europe to keep Scotland moving during the Grangemouth dispute.

The Sunday Herald has a story which says First Minister Alex Salmond and Prime Minister Gordon Brown are set to meet at an unprecedented Downing Street summit to discuss plans to avert a fuel crisis over the Grangemouth strike.

The Grangemouth oil crisis escalated dramatically after workers refused to unload a tanker carrying 120,000 tonnes of fuel destined for forecourts, claims Scotland on Sunday.

The Scottish Mail on Sunday asserts that union leaders are plotting a second strike at Scotland's only oil refinery designed to cripple the country's transport network for weeks.

While the Scottish Sunday Express carries the line that union leaders were accused of "holding Scotland to ransom" over the fuel crisis.

Britain's armed forces could be brought in to protect fuel reserves if the strike at the Grangemouth oil refinery continues indefinitely, says The Sunday Times.

And The Observer writes that filling stations were warned against profiteering after panic buying by motorists doubled demand for petrol in some parts of Scotland in the wake of the oil refinery strike.

The Sunday Mail leads with the first interview with Madeleine's McCann's Scottish grandmother a year on from her disappearance.

The Scottish News of the World has a story about one of Scotland's richest men being a sex addict hooked on orgies.




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