Good morning – here are the top 10 news stories in Scotland this morning:
Alarm over decline in health of older Scots (The Herald)
Third of women fear walking alone at night as survey reveals Scots anxiety over safety (The Scotsman)
Holyrood ‘has harmed’ Scots law (BBC Scotland)
Trust fund set up in memory of Ewen Beaton and his sons (Press & Journal)
Phone-hacking police arrest former News of the World Scotland editor (The Guardian)
Blocked Stirling-Dunblane railway line is cleared (BBC Scotland)
Scottish Secretary expects referendum agreement ‘by late October’ (STV)
Scottish public sector IT projects ‘mismanaged’ (BBC Scotland)
Revealed: One in seven Scots children live in homes where no one works (Daily Record)
Scots still consume a fifth more alcohol than drinkers in England (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...