Good morning – here are the top 10 news stories in Scotland this morning:
Police plan crackdown on gangland contracts (The Herald)
SNP facing challenge over policy on Nato (The Scotsman)
Premier Oil contracts create 350 jobs at Fife firm BiFab (BBC Scotland)
Sea power park ‘will generate jobs for thousands’ (Press & Journal)
Alex Salmond spends £25,000 a day on Pall Mall club (Daily Telegraph)
London Olympics: Ginger gymnast Dan Purvis claims historic bronze medal (Daily Record)
‘Shameful, embarrassing’ lack of controls could cost HSBC £1bn (The Scotsman)
Consultation launched in bid to promote British Sign Language (Holyrood)
Family demands new probe into son’s stabbing (The Herald)
Glasgow Commonwealth Games organisers say ‘lessons will be learned for 2014′ (BBC Scotland)
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...