Welcome to today’s Sunday afternoon briefing.
The top stories on the Daily Record website include: Tommy Burns’ son says Celtic legend would have carry Walter Smith’s coffin, probe launched into suicide at Polmont prison and SNP minister cancels book promo at event paid for at own department.
Here are the main headlines from this morning.
Tommy Burns’ son says Celtic legend would carry Walter Smith’s coffin if he was still alive
It was a moment that has stayed in the memory of thousands of football fans – a grief-stricken Walter Smith resting the coffin of Tommy Burns on his shoulder.
For Glasgow, a city divided by blue and green, it was a seismic shift in the long history of arch-rivals Rangers and Celtic.
But as the Burns family mourn the loss of their father’s close friend, Tommy’s son Michael reveals the men’s extraordinary relationship and why, if his dad was alive, he’d be a pallbearer for Walter.
“A lot of people thought Walter carrying my dad’s coffin was a grand gesture on the family’s part but it wasn’t,” said Michael, 34. “Walter was one of my dad’s best friends. And if my dad was here now, I think he’d be doing the same thing.”
READ MORE: Tommy Burns’ son says Celtic legend would carry Walter Smith’s coffin if he was still alive
Probe launched into suicide of young Scots man at scandal-hit Polmont prison
An investigation has been launched into how a 20-year-old was able to take his own life inside a scandal-hit prison.
Jack McKenzie, found dead in his cell at Polmont Young Offenders Institution last month, is the fifth young person to die by suicide there in the last four years.
But grieving friends and relatives who spoke with Jack hours before his death said he appeared in good spirits and suicide was out of character.
READ MORE: Probe launched into suicide of young Scots man at scandal-hit Polmont prison
SNP minister Angus Robertson cancels book promo at event paid for by own department
An SNP minister was handed a prime speaking spot to promote his book at a literary festival funded through the Scottish Government department he runs.
But Angus Robertson cancelled his appearance last night – after the Sunday Mail started asking about the £30,000 handed to it by a group under his remit.
The Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture had been due to appear at the Borders Book Festival to plug Vienna – The International Capital.
The event was awarded the significant grant in August from Creative Scotland – a government- funded and accountable body falling under Robertson’s brief.
He has now cancelled the lecture and an advert was quickly removed from the festival website after this newspaper began asking questions about it.
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Private jets flying to COP26 in Glasgow will blast more CO2 than Scots pump out in a year
More than 400 private jets carrying world leaders and business executives to Cop26 will blast 13,000 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere, the Sunday Mail can reveal
The flights – which will produce more global warming gas than 1600 Scots burn through in a year – have been branded “rank climate hypocrisy” and the “nadir of carbon inequality”.
Joe Biden’s Air Force One is expected to touch down in Scotland tonight – one of two aircraft the US President’s entourage uses to travel around the world.
The French Cotam 001, Canadian Air Force VIP, German Konrad Adenauer, Japanese Air Force One, Air India One and Israeli Wing of Zion are just a few of the others that could be arriving at the summit.
Our carbon calculations are conservative as they are based on the emissions of the smaller private jets which used by hundreds of the business leaders attending the talks.
READ MORE: Private jets flying to COP26 in Glasgow will blast more CO2 than Scots pump out in a year
Climate protestors threaten to use police as ‘target practice’ and reveal where officers are staying at COP26
Climate change protestors have threatened to use police as “target practice” after sharing security information on where hundreds of officers are staying during COP26.
A Sunday Mail investigation has uncovered group chats between demonstrators heading to Scotland intent on inciting violence.
The messages, on an encrypted messaging service used by terrorists and organised crime groups, show that as well as threatening police, they are willing to take part in risky protests against financial intitutions and the oil industry.
We were able to access the secure network on messaging app Telegram via a link on Extinction Rebellion Scotland’s website.
