Good morning – here are the top 10 news stories in Scotland this morning:
Skin cancer cases soar among Scots aged over 50 (The Herald)
Recruitment process underway for £208,100 single police constable post (Holyrood)
Scottish Ambulance service fails in eight separate areas (The Scotsman)
Archbishop of Glasgow to succeed Mario Conti to be named (BBC Scotland)
Alarm about lack of a plan for Trident if UK breaks up (The Herald)
Call to exclude students from net migration figures welcomed by Scottish education sector (Holyrood)
Kennedy adamant he made fresh bid for Rangers after Green denies reports (STV)
Chinese snap up North Sea fields (Press & Journal)
Salmond sets out onshore wind support (Holyrood)
Union chiefs blast ‘grossly excessive’ pay for new national fire & police board members (Daily Record)
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...