Australian conductor and public figure (note: based on the provided content, this subject is inaccurately described in the supplied Wiki excerpt; the latest news concerns resignation from a ministerial role)
Ben Macpherson has stepped down as Scotland’s Minister for Innovation, Technology & Tertiary Education. He cites the need to focus on other pressures, including his health, and to serve his Edinburgh North and Leith constituency. First Minister John Swinney accepts the resignation and praises his work.