What the Scottish papers say

Attempts by the Ministry of Defence to reduce the amount of compensation paid to injured servicemen dominate the headlines, with the Scottish Sun accusing the MoD of stabbing soldiers in the back.

The Scotsman says ministers faced claims of "shameful" insensitivity on the day the bodies of four soldiers were returned from Afghanistan.

The paper also reports that MPs have rubber-stamped a £25 a day allowance that can be claimed without receipts, despite the expenses scandal.

The Herald boasts three front page "exclusives", saying 28 patients have died from clostridium difficile infection at Glasgow's Gartnavel Hospital in the past two years.

The paper also reports that an east-west split has opened up in the fight to save 900 jobs at the drinks firm Diageo's plants in Kilmarnock and Glasgow.

It also reveals the makers of the tonic wine Buckfast are taking Glasgow's licensing board to court, claiming their product is being discriminated against.

The Daily Record says a "scheming strangler" tried to lie his way to an easier life in prison by claiming to be related to the murdered schoolgirl Jodi Jones.

The trial of a man accused of murdering his doctor wife makes the front page of the Press and Journal.

Both the Scottish Daily Mail and Scottish Daily Express lead on the warning that excessive use of sunbeds can pose as great a cancer risk as smoking.