9am Briefing: BAA told to sell either Edinburgh or Glasgow airport

In a provisional ruling, the Competition Commission said it saw no reason to change its 2009 decision that the company had to dispose of both Gatwick and Stansted airports and either Edinburgh or Glasgow.

BAA has battled through the courts to overturn the original decision, but the legal challenges ended with the commission's findings being upheld.

BAA has already sold Gatwick and today the commission provisionally concluded that the sale of the other airports should also go ahead.

THE Greens could win more seats than the Lib Dems at the Holyrood elections, a new poll claimed today.

The YouGov survey for The Scotsman found Lib Dem support had slumped to just five per cent while the Greens were on six per cent.

The SNP edged ahead of Labour in the constituency vote with 40 per cent to Labour's 39 per cent, though Labour was ahead on the list by 39 to 32 per cent.

A WEST Lothian town has been named as one of the worst places for bankruptcy in the UK.

New figures show that Livingston has one of the highest concentrations of insolvencies in Britain.

The town is rated the third worst in the UK after bankruptcy increased by 32 per cent.

A WOMAN was taken to hospital with a suspected back injury after a two-car collision in the city during rush-hour.

The accident took place on Queensferry Road just before 5pm yesterday, with the woman – thought to be around 30-years-old – taken to the Royal Infirmary by ambulance.