Good morning – here are the top 10 news stories in Scotland this morning:
Threat to SNP’s care plan (The Herald)
Offshore wind farm plan for over 300 turbines on Moray Firth unveiled (The Scotsman)
Scottish engineering firms report export orders dip (BBC Scotland)
‘Act now to curb risk of Loch Ness tragedy’ (Press & Journal)
Hundreds of children committing sex crimes and going armed with knives (Daily Record)
Edinburgh Airport welcomes easyJet expansion as ‘hugely significant’ (The Courier)
New fire and police chairs unveiled (Press Association)
Scottish independence: SNP rejects claims referendum deal is near (The Scotsman)
My brave, moral and compassionate father (The Herald)
Offenders leave courts waiting for £6.5m in unpaid fines (Daily Express)
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...