Good morning – here are the top 10 stories in Scotland this morning:
Megrahi’s death bed ‘confession’ (Scotsman)
New Holyrood powers will be ‘meaningless’ (Scotsman)
Runners and riders in clash over Tory future (Scotsman)
Cameron: Salmond is scared of referendum (Herald)
Colin Norris case: Murder convictions ‘unsafe’ (BBC Scotland)
Robbed of 14 years of life – for living at Merkinch (Press & Journal)
Health inspectors raise ‘significant concerns’ over cleanliness at Southern General Hospital (Daily Record)
Surgeons call for flexible hours in NHS to support female doctors (STV News)
Sex traffickers behind string of brothels are jailed in landmark case (Scotsman)
Edinburgh in European top 10 for food and wine (Herald)
Scottish Parliament highlights:
- 10.00: just a day after a £4m rise in university managers’ pay was reported, the head of Universities Scotland and the principals of the University of Edinburgh, Robert Gordon University and the University of the West of Scotland will give evidence to the Education Committee on the recent spending review
- from 11.00: Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon MSP will give evidence to the Health and Sport Committee as part of its ongoing inquiry into elderly care
- 14.30: the Scotland Bill Committee will hear from a number of witnesses on the subject of welfare reform, including Martin Sime, chief executive of the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisation, who is quoted today (see above) as calling the bill’s proposed powers “meaningless” in the face of UK government welfare reforms
For a full breakdown of parliamentary business, check out today’s official Business Bulletin
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...