Good morning – here are the top 10 news stories in Scotland this morning:
Pressure on Chancellor to kick-start economy (The Herald)
Fury as taxpayers fork out £1m a year for fire chiefs’ posh cars as the cash-strapped service faces cuts (Daily Record)
Woman, 73, killed in two-car crash on A90 (Press & Journal)
Backlog of 275,000 cases ‘will take UK Border Agency years to clear’ (The Scotsman)
Milk protest planned at opening of Inverness Asda (BBC Scotland)
Coalition to backtrack on multiple-birth financial aid (The Herald)
Computer firm Dell sponsors Glasgow Commonwealth Games (BBC Scotland)
Commons committee critical of Energy Bill (Holyrood)
Olympics: Ministers discussed sacking PCS strikers, says Jeremy Hunt (The Scotsman)
Salmond in Olympics trade bid (The Herald)
The Scottish Parliament is in its summer recess.
Alan Robertson
A graduate in Politics and Journalism from the University of Strathclyde, Alan joined the Holyrood team as a reporter in May 2012 fresh from finishing his studies. Alan spent four years in student media, the last of which helping to launch the award-winning Glasgow Journal as Managing Editor, and continues to work part-time as a sub-editor in sport for the Sunday...