Good morning – here are the top 10 news stories in Scotland this morning:
Sports tycoon Mike Ashley to buy stake in Rangers (The Herald)
Scottish students lose out in university rush (The Scotsman)
Sir Chris Hoy wins sixth Olympic gold medal with keirin victory (BBC Scotland)
Chief constable accused of causing ‘head-on-smash’ to stand trial (Daily Record)
Theatre funding changes lead to talent drain fears (The Herald)
SNP considering ‘unlikely alliance’ to push through boundary shake-up (Press & Journal)
Disciplinary action possible after Dundee United v Dinamo Moscow crowd trouble (The Courier)
Guerrilla campaign plotted by SNP rebels in Nato row (The Scotsman)
Lottery fund offers £400,000 to help charities realise dream projects (STV)
Wright warns MPs against bid to dictate terms of poll (The Herald)
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...