News Stand: Acid attack probed, universal income debate
Here are the newspaper front pages from across Scotland on Wednesday, October 18.
The Daily Record leads on a warning from a financial watchdog that a third of workers are not paying into a pension.
The Scottish Sun covers the plight of a man who feared he had lost his sight after an acid attack at a house party in Cumbernauld.
The Scotsman reports that introducing a universal basic income in Scotland would cost £12.3bn and require significant tax rises, according to a briefing by civil servants.
The National leads with a Catalan diplomat writing exclusively in its pages calling on Spain to de-escalate the crisis with its northern region.
The Herald reports patients in Scotland are losing out on pioneering treatment for MS that has been made available in England.
And The Times leads with a story saying social care in Scotland is facing a "fundamental" staffing crisis.