Good morning – here are the top 10 news stories in Scotland this morning:
Fury at Galloway’s ‘rape’ comments (The Herald)
Scottish independence: Navy frigate contracts will be held after UK split vote (The Scotsman)
‘Beneath contempt’: Son’s anguish and fury at old friend who battered OAP Jenny to death (Daily Record)
Cutbacks in classroom loom to balance books (Press & Journal)
VisitScotland ploughs £3m into autumn marketing drive (BBC Scotland)
Lord Wallace takes aim at legal implications of Scottish independence (STV)
We’ll put up cash if you back Aberdeen Union Terrace garden, say seven bosses (The Scotsman)
£10,000 SNP grant paid for charity chief’s global trips (The Herald)
Scottish universities assess Irish passport loophole impact (BBC Scotland)
Duke is full of fun as he leaves hospital (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...