Good morning, Scotland — Here’s a look at today’s front page of The Herald, with our exclusive on Ash Regan's team discussing court action to pause the SNP leadership contest.
EXCLUSIVE
Ferguson Marine: Extra £25m of public cash injected over ferry fiasco (1/4)
MINISTERS have ploughed more than £25 million in “emergency” funding into the nationalised shipyard building two long overdue and massively over-budget ferries this financial year, it can be revealed
It was confirmed that £6m of direct capital spending has been injected into the nationalised Ferguson Marine yard – as the ferries’ delivery will be delayed yet again by at least six months.
The Scotch Whisky Association described it as an “unjustifiable” hike which would result in 75 per cent of the money spent on a bottle would go to the Treasury.
‘When I saw the video, a beautiful young woman in a floral tea dress with soft curls around her face, happily loading laundry, shopping, baking for her husband and doing yet more chores, I thought it was a spoof created for International Women's Day’