Holyrood morning roundup: Friday 3 August, 2012

by Aug 03, 2012 No Comments

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

RBS unveils £1.5bn loss, with £300m in charges (The Herald)

Figures reveal more humanist than Catholic weddings in Scotland (The Scotsman)

Error leads to early SQA exam results (BBC Scotland)

Scots strike silver and gold on a day of glory (Press & Journal)

Cumbernauld blackspot crash victims could have been saved by £20k barrier, say safety campaigners (Daily Record)

SNP coffers swell following jump in donations, accounts show (Holyrood)

Gold man of Hoy (The Herald)

Golden goodbye scandal: Council chief pocketed £500k severance package.. after receiving £63k garden leave pay (Daily Record)

Scottish and UK governments urged to sanction under-18 voting rights (Holyrood)

Organisers ready as biggest-ever Fringe festival gets under way (STV)

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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