Good morning – here are the top 10 news stories in Scotland this morning:
Jobless total falls but recession taking toll (The Herald)
Charity body denies being front for SNP (The Herald)
West Coast rail franchise: Sir Richard Branson condemns rail franchise ‘insanity’ (The Scotsman)
Parade for Scots Olympians and Paralympians will be held in Glasgow (STV)
Named & shamed: £16m Scots cigarette tax dodger on the run in Spain on HMRC ‘most wanted’ list (Daily Record)
New chief for merged Scottish fire service (BBC Scotland)
Duke of Edinburgh being treated at hospital in Aberdeen after falling ill (STV)
Mike Russell ‘must relax deplorable university admission rules’ (Daily Telegraph)
Major fine due for Scottish Borders Council records breach (BBC Scotland)
RBS to face US rate-fixing probe (The Scotsman)
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...