Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Loganair says island flights strategy 'urgently' needed
Loganair says the Scottish and UK governments should "urgently" produce a strategy for essential routes that are not commercially viable, after cuts to two island routes.
The regional airline has "temporarily reduced" flights from Inverness to the Western Isles as well as making cuts to the Inverness to Orkney and Shetland flight because of financial concerns.
It described the move as a "last resort" but stressed that the Inverness-Stornoway and Inverness-Kirkwall-Sumburgh routes had been losing money.
Read the full story on the BBC website.
New EU border system tripling time at passport control, airport boss says
The EU's new border system has nearly tripled the time it's taking for Brits to get through passport control even after improvements have been made, a boss at Rome's main airport has said.
It comes as Ryanair has warned passengers travelling to Europe this summer to prepare for extended waits.
Border police at Portugal's Faro airport also told the BBC the Entry Exit System technology suffered from bugs, but insisted any queues there would go down quickly.
Find the BBC story here.
Scotland could lower drink-driving limit again after fall in crashes
A stricter drink-driving limit in Scotland has cut the number of road accidents by nearly a third, according to a new study.
Figures show reducing the amount of alcohol drivers can drink before getting behind the wheel from 80mg per 100ml of blood to 50mg has seen accidents fall by 12 per cent across Scotland. Yet they dropped by as much as 30 per cent in rural areas during high-risk periods, such as at night time, according to the analysis carried out by Imperial College London.
The study found that “lowering the limit in Scotland led to meaningful reductions in road traffic crashes, particularly during higher-risk periods and in rural areas”.
Read more in The Times.
Joshua Kerry, suspect in murder of Ann Widdecombe, pictured
The man suspected of the murder of Ann Widdecombe has been pictured nine days after the former MP was found dead at her home in Devon.
Joshua Kerry, 28, was arrested in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, at 9pm on Saturday, July 11.
Kerry is alleged to have driven 300 miles to Widdecombe’s home in Haytor, Dartmoor, where police believe she was attacked at about 12.30pm on Wednesday, July 8. She was found dead by the ambulance service nearly 24 hours later, having suffered “serious injuries”. He is being questioned on suspicion of murder and terror offences.
Get the full story on The TImes' website.
US soldier killed and one injured after Iranian attack in Iraq
The US military says a service member was killed after an Iranian attack in northern Iraq on Saturday, a day after an attack on a base in Jordan killed two US soldiers and left another missing.
US Central Command (Centcom) said the individual was killed during "a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance" from a downed Iranian attack drone, which also wounded a second service member.
In its update, Centcom said it had found "unidentified remains" after a search of the location of Friday's attack in Jordan. "An examination process to verify the remains is ongoing," it added.
Read the BBC article here.