Good morning – here are the top 10 news stories in Scotland this morning:
Wales ready to cash in on Trident if Scots go it alone (The Herald)
Edinburgh bucks trend as property prices and demand continue to fall (The Scotsman)
Blackouts for Aberdeenshire householders hit by storms (BBC Scotland)
Hunt for source of E.coli infection after eight-year-old girl dies (STV)
Brown’s dire warning on the cost of independence (The Herald)
MoD offered a deal to let windfarm go ahead (Press & Journal)
Trains warning as inflation-busting fare increases and cuts to services loom (Daily Record)
Sports clubs get a boost from the Olympic bounce (The Herald)
Gloom for housing market as surveyors expect ‘marked deterioration’ (STV)
North-east energy link to Europe a step closer (Press & Journal)
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...