The National reports Boris Johnson has pulled out of the race to be the next leader of the Conservative party, after he was "stabbed in the back" by long time friend Michael Gove.

While the Highlands and Islands edition of the Press and Journal leads with plans for a new train station in the north.

The Scottish Daily Mail has compared the infighting in the Conservative party to the toppling of Margaret Thatcher, and backs Theresa May as the new leader.

Johnson's shock announcement also features on the front page of The Scottish Sun, after Michael Gove branded him unfit for the job.

A man has died in a swimming accident on the coast while on holiday in Bali for a family wedding, reports the Daily Record.

The Scotsman also lead with Michael Gove's "betrayal", as well as skin cancer rates in Scots over the age of 55 more than doubling in the last 20 years.

Dundee City Council has launched an investigation to establish the impact of Brexit in the local area, reports The Courier, as it emerges Tayside and Fife could lose millions in EU funding.

And secret talks over keeping an independent Scotland in the EU are already taking place, a Brussels insider has revealed in The Herald.