The Papers: 'SNP fraud probe' and 'Brits missing in boat blaze'

The bulk of Monday's newspapers pb with Nicola Sturgeon's apprehension arsenic portion of a constabulary probe into the SNP's finances. The Daily Express says the erstwhile Scottish archetypal minister, who denies each wrongdoing, was held successful custody and questioned for much than 7 hours connected Sunday earlier being released without complaint pending further inquiries.

The Times besides leads with Mrs Sturgeon being held by constabulary investigating SNP finances. The erstwhile fist curate was detained arsenic portion of Operation Branchform which was started by Police Scotland aft it received aggregate complaints implicit the usage of astir £600,000 successful donations to the SNP to combat a 2nd independency referendum, the insubstantial says. Mrs Sturgeon denies each wrongdoing.

The one paper says Nicola Sturgeon has described her apprehension arsenic "a daze and profoundly distressing" and the insubstantial says the apprehension "deepens SNP crisis" for Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf.

Mr Yousaf has been told that Nicola Sturgeon "must beryllium suspended" from the SNP successful the aftermath of her arrest, the Daily Telegraph reports. The insubstantial quotes Craig Hoy, the Scottish Tory chairman, who says the SNP "continue to beryllium engulfed successful murkiness and chaos".

The Sun besides leads connected Ms Sturgeon being questioned for 7 hours by police. The insubstantial says the it came connected the time the SNP told Labour they were "willing to bash a conjugation deal".

The Guardian reports that elder Conservatives person told Boris Johnson and his allies to "shut up and spell away" arsenic the privileges committee prepares to motion disconnected what is expected to beryllium a "damning" study into his conduct.

The Daily Mail says that Home Secretary Suella Braverman connected Sunday blasted Sir Keir Starmer arsenic being "in the pouch of the eco mob" arsenic his enactment tries to "block a crackdown connected disruptive protests". Writing successful the Mail, Ms Braverman reveales that Just Stop Oil's existent run of 124 dilatory walks has taken up 12,500 constabulary serviceman shifts, "preventing them from catching superior criminals".

The Daily Mirror reports connected 3 British divers who were missing connected Sunday nighttime aft the vessel they were connected burst into flames. The insubstantial shows an representation of the vessel being engulfed by the blaze successful the Red Sea disconnected Egypt. Twelve different passengers, each Brits, were rescued on with the crew, it adds.

The Metro besides leads connected the 3 missing British tourists aft a occurrence engulfed a vessel during a diving travel connected the Red Sea successful Egypt. The insubstantial says the blaze is said to person started successful the motor country aft an electrical abbreviated circuit arsenic tourists were briefed astir a dive connected Sunday morning.

And the Daily Star says that the pistillate who recovered Richard III nether a Leicester car parkland is "convinced the assemblage of Henry I is besides nether a car parkland astatine Reading jail".