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BBC News - Sunday, 3 March, 2002
It reports that three-quarters of heterosexuals newly infected with HIV in Scotland have a more virulent strain of the virus which did not previously exist in Europe.
The Sunday Herald also reports that the Scottish Executive is going to signal a major shift in the way it tackles the country's drug problems.
The Scottish News of the World Scotland on Sunday, the Sunday Mirror, the Scottish Sunday Express and the Observer in Scotland all lead wit the story about the toxic packages sent to politicians, apparently by the Scottish National Liberation Army.
Each paper has a slightly different take, with the Express asking who will be next and the Observer quoting a police source as saying they hunting a "maladjusted loner" for the attacks.
The Sunday Mail reports that nursing agencies collected ú8m of taxpayers' money in commission last year.
The Sunday Post says a team of doctors has made a dramatic breakthrough in the fight against meningitis by developing a vaccine against the killer disease for the first time.
The Independent on Sunday reports that Martin Sixsmith, the former press chief to Stephen Byers, was offered ú100,000 hush money in a desperate attempt to save the embattled transport secretary's skin.
The Sunday Times Scotland Prince William has told friends he is bored and lonely at St Andrews and is considering leaving the Scottish university.
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