Holyrood morning roundup: Monday 16 April, 2012

by Apr 16, 2012 No Comments

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

Scandal surrounding MSP Bill Walker prompts calls for law giving voters power to boot out shamed politicians (Daily Record)

Rape allegation denied by MSP (STV News)

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ‘on his last breath’, say family (Daily Record)

Scottish independence: SNP ready to vote on ditching Nato policy (Scotsman)

Fraud squad detectives to probe Scots health board accused of cover-up over 20 patient deaths (Daily Record)

Bank of Scotland reports ‘marked’ rise in Scottish job vacancies (BBC Scotland)

Scots house price hopes raised for thousands of workers (Herald)

Trump steps up opposition (Press & Journal)

Record numbers of organ donors (STV News)

Glasgow University leads biggest study into Parkinson’s disease (BBC Scotland)

For a full roundup of Scottish 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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