Good morning Scotland. Where are the eyes of our media today?
The Herald has led with news that Scotland's fire service faces an "insurmountable" maintenance backlog without further investment.
The i has also led with this story today, and has also included a dig at the DUP on its front cover.
Meanwhile the Scottish Daily Mail leads with news that Which? are recommending folk move their energy providers.
The Scottish Daily Express has continued blaming everyone else for Brexit not going so well.
The Daily Record reports on a piece of cardboard.
The Sun has covered the faked assassination of a journalist and has done its best to spin debate around independence as a "desperate" defence.
And finally, our very own front cover, where we focus on what the First Minister tweeted yesterday.
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