Good morning – here are the top 10 stories in Scotland this morning:
Scotland’s weather: The day Scotland woke up to a nightmare (Scotsman)
Concerns grow for patient safety as NHS face £500m bill to repair crumbling hospitals (Daily Record)
Mass exodus of veteran police officers ‘concealed by government’ (Scotsman)
Fuel poverty scheme ‘underfunded’, says charity (STV News)
SNP accused of dumping promise to reduce traffic (Herald)
Energy giant seeking firm to build £125m offshore electricity platform (Press & Journal)
Scottish councils pay out £1.7m in pothole compensation (BBC Scotland)
Tears at St Trinian’s as creator Ronald Searle dies (Scotsman)
Tributes paid to schools reformer (Herald)
Loch Ness is giant ‘spirit level’ (BBC Scotland)
The Scottish Parliament is in recess until next week.
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...