A daily snapshot of the morning headlines and Parliamentary business
Good morning – here are the top 10 news stories in Scotland this morning:
Critics round on Swinney over ‘timid’ Scots Budget (The Herald)
John Swinney branded ‘Osborne in a kilt’ by unions after budget (The Scotsman)
Shocked staff at North Lanarkshire Council’s fury as scale of cuts is revealed (Daily Record)
Salmond secrecy ‘like North Korea’ (Daily Express)
Prestwick Airport runway closed after heavy rain (BBC Scotland)
Flood works threaten city-centre road chaos (Press & Journal)
Thistle do nicely: Clyde the thistle revealed as Glasgow 2014 mascot (The Scotsman)
Two Scots jailed after trying to smuggle 13m counterfeit cigarettes into UK (STV)
Dumfries and Galloway Council data improvements advised (BBC Scotland)
Couples who smoke to be banned from IVF treatment (The Herald)
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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...