The Supreme Court will deliver a bombshell ruling today on whether another Scottish independence referendum can go ahead without Westminster's backing.
Nicola Sturgeon wants to hold a fresh vote next October after arguing that Holyrood now has a pro-independence majority made up of the SNP and Scottish Greens.
The Lord Advocate referred a prospective Bill to hold another referendum to the UK Supreme Court - to test if the Scottish Government had the legal power to see it through.