🔴 Fresh blow to Scotland’s universities and colleges as real-terms budget cut branded 'deeply troubling'

Good morning Voornaam

Thursday and the weekend is just around the corner. There's still a bit of difficult weather around after last nights yellow warning from the Met Office so do take care if you're travelling.

Grab a coffee and make sure you have breakfast as we talk you through today's news.

First up, fresh blow to Scotland's universities and colleges as real-terms budget cut branded 'deeply troubling'.

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Lastly for today, an exclusive from our Rural Affairs Correspondent.

Developers accuse MoD 'stalemate' of blocking £9bn in wind farm developments for Scottish Borders.