News Stand: Fresh soldier suicide, Scots economy boost
Catch up on the newspaper front pages from across Scotland on Thursday, August 16.
The Daily Record leads on a fresh soldier suicide after carrying coverage earlier this week highlighting the issue.
The Scottish Sun reports on a request by a convicted rapist who now identifies as a woman to move to an all-female prison.
The National covers new GDP figures showing unexpectedly high growth for Scotland's economy, outstripping the UK.
The Courier leads on local Conservatives in Dundee refusing a "creepy" request by pro-union group Scotland in Union to film a pro-independence march.
The Scotsman reports on finance secretary Derek Mackay's advice to one of Scotland's top boarding schools on how to get around a tax raid on private education institutions.
And The Herald covers a report from the US department of justice slating RBS for selling "garbage" to investors in the run-up to the financial crisis.