Good morning – here are the top 10 news stories in Scotland this morning:
Colleges turning away thousands of students (The Herald)
Defence secretary Philip Hammond not seen in Scotland since taking top defence job 11 months ago (The Scotsman)
Improved measurement of methadone use required (Holyrood)
Scottish private sector growth ‘well below’ UK average (BBC Scotland)
First-time buyers in Scotland face 30 months of saving to raise deposit (STV)
Devo Plus report claims drugs and poverty worse in Scotland since devolution (The Scotsman)
Union chiefs threaten Government with strike action over cuts (Daily Record)
Scottish IT jobs ‘lack enough’ graduates to fill them (BBC Scotland)
Injecting Scottishness into UK Government (Holyrood)
Labour accuses SNP of nuclear U-turn (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...