The Agenda: Skin cancer jab hope, sporran spurned, Mandela prayers Scots scientist says skin cancer vaccine coming The Scots doctor who created the vaccine to fight cervical cancer says a jab to cure skin cancer is on the way. Melanoma malignancy kills almost 200 Scots per year. Professor Ian Frazer tells the Scotsman the innoculation could be ready in 15 years. French film crew blasted for not telling police about parachute stunt which sparked air-sea rescue A French film crew has been rapped by police after shooting a parachute stunt that was mistaken for a real-life emergency. Members of the public phoned the authorities when they saw a parachutist apparently in distress near Oban. Chief Inspector Alistair Davidson tells the Daily Record that the film-makers failed to tell police about their filming ahead of time. Scottish independence: Trident is "ticket to Nato" Military experts have warned it would take an independent Scotland 20 years to scrap Trident. Opponents of the nuclear weapons system have expressed hope that independence could pave the way to a nuclear-free Scotland. However, a panel of defence analysts told a conference organised by the Scotsman there were fears that ditching Trident would see Scotland's entry into Nato blocked. Scotland fan furious as EasyJet forces him to remove sporran because it 'counted as hand luggage' A kilted Scotland fan was told to remove his sporran by airline staff because it counted as "hand luggage." Colin McArthur was flying home from watching the national side beat Croatia 1-0 in Zagreb when an EasyJet check-in worker told him to remove the traditional dress item. The Daily Record reports on the apology it won him from airline bosses. Hoho home sweet home Scots comedian Kevin Bridges has snapped up a plush pad in Glasgow's West End, the Scottish Sun reports. The luxury seven-bedroom townhouse cost the funnyman a cool £1m. With pictures, for the nosey. Des Clarke: Scots are the undisputed kings of telly banter and if you don't agree, Smeato will set aboot ye The comedian and Daily Record columnist takes a witty look at how Scots come across on television. Taxing questions, but not for Isle of Man Scotsman financial guru George Kerevan cautions readers against getting too excited about the grand agenda trailed by G8 leaders ahead of their meeting in Northern Ireland. All the talk of tax transparency and closing off-shore loopholes is just "hot air." He points to the example of the Isle of Man, on which action is often threatened but never carried through. Independence will help ensure all Jock Tamson's bairns have a voice LGBT rights activist Stewart McDonald writes in the Herald that independence would ensure sexual orientation and gender equality were hardwired into Scotland's constitution. He says that an independent Scotland's embassies could promote gay rights around the world, something which he believes UK embassies do not do. Baby boom turning to bust for young After Glasgow hosted concerts by The Who and Neil Young this week, and as the city gears up to welcome Bruce Springsteen next week, Alf Young considers these sexagenarian rockers as a symbol of the improved lifestyles and finances of pensioners. He points to statistics showing that the over-65s are the only group in Britain better off after the recession, contrasting them with twentysomethings who have seen sharp decreases in their incomes and standards of living. But all the redistributivist policies that have enriched the lives, and the pocketbooks, of the baby boomers are coming at a heavy price to the next generation, he writes in the Scotsman. Was Cheney right about Obama? The impeccably liberal New Yorker's impeccably liberal Patrick Radden Keefe asks the question he never thought he would ask. The writer looks back at former Vice President Dick Cheney's warning that Barack Obama would come to support the surveillance policies of the Bush administration which he criticised during his victorious White House bid in 2008. Religious leaders gather to pray for Mandela Faith leaders have gathered outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria where former South African president Nelson Mandela is being treated for a lung condition. The anti-Apartheid icon was taken to hospital two weeks ago amid another bout of ill-health. South Africa's Mail and Guardian reports. I just get on with it: PM on leader talk Australia's under-fire prime minister Julia Gillard has dismissed calls for her to step down and make way for former prime minister Kevin Rudd, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The Labor leader, who is behind in the polls against opposition Liberal-National leader Tony Abbott with an election in September, insists she won't go. She hit the world headlines yesterday when an Australian radio DJ was fired for asking if her hairdresser husband was gay during a live interview.