Holyrood morning roundup: Friday 7 October, 2011

by Oct 07, 2011 No Comments

Good morning – here are the top 10 stories in Scotland this morning:

Flagship UK carbon capture project ‘close to collapse’ (Guardian)

BBC Scotland set to shed up to 120 jobs (BBC Scotland)

£12.3m boost for Scotland’s fishing industry (STV News)

New law will let councils reoccupy Scotland’s 23,000 abandoned homes (STV News)

Top mandarin ‘gave SNP advice on UK break-up’ (Scotsman)

Opposition sticks the boot into Salmond’s bigotry bill (Scotsman)

Charity regulator under fire (Herald)

Ex-pro blows lid on ‘shady goings-on’ in Scottish game as SFA chief claims there is no crisis (Daily Record)

University and College Union seeks talks ahead of industrial action (STV News)

Commonwealth Games project clears first hurdle (Herald)

Salmond set to move official home (Scotsman)

For a full breakdown of parliamentary business, check out today’s official Business Bulletin

Paris Gourtsoyannis Paris Gourtsoyannis

Paris joined Holyrood in September 2011, and became education correspondent in May 2012. Born in Canada into a Greek family, and raised in Belgium, he came to Scotland in 2005 to study at the University of Edinburgh, where he was involved with award-winning student publication The Journal. Before working at Holyrood, Paris contributed to the Edinburgh Evening News, the Guardian and Guardian Local, and interned at think-tank Demos. His beat takes in all areas of Scotland's education and skills sector, including early years, adult learning, and employability...

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