Holyrood morning roundup: Monday 30 July, 2012

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

Yes Scotland wins support from Labour rebel group (The Herald)

D-Day looms for threatened Halls of Broxburn factory (The Scotsman)

Five car crash closes M8 motorway (BBC Scotland)

Raigmore’s catalogue of failings in hygiene (Press & Journal)

London 2012 Olympics: Call to ‘name and shame’ no-shows (The Scotsman)

Shelter Scotland urges end to right-to-buy policy (BBC Scotland)

Only seven top 30 firms have a female executive (The Herald)

London Olympics: Scots rower Cameron kept lighting of stadium torch secret from his family (Daily Record)

Rethink call over benefit tests for the dying (The Herald)

Barclays backs Aberdeen’s prime business park aiming to create 1,200 jobs (The Scotsman)

The Scottish Parliament is in its summer recess.

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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...

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