Scotland’s papers: Voters head to the polls and Biden considers exit

The Scotsman says the King and Queen sampled vintage whisky and attended Edinburgh’s 900th anniversary celebration at the castle which involved a showcase of the city’s modern progressive future including a Bollywood dance display.

The Herald reports that Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) made its 6,000th call out at the weekend when it responded to a holiday maker who sustained leg injuries when she fell 15ft from a coastal path near St Abb’s Head in the Scottish Borders.

The Scottish Sun reports that former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg avoided a custodial sentence after sending a message to his ex-wife who he is banned from contacting. The paper reported that he was given a deferred sentence for the bail breach.

Book festivals that cut ties with the Scottish investment firm Baillie Gifford after “intolerable” pressure from protesters have issued a plea for new finding, the Telegraph reports. Nine festivals including the Edinburgh Book Festival and Borders Book Festival ended their long-standing funding partnerships following a campaign by Fossil Free Books.

A promised new bypass on the A96 is “urgently needed” because of traffic gridlock in Nairn, the Press and Journal reports.

Perth Museum has welcomed 100,000 visitors since it opened less that 100 days ago, The Courier writes.

And the Edinburgh accent is considered the most desirable in Scotland and the third most in the British Isles, according to a report in the Daily Record.