The Latest Breaking News from Nicola Sturgeon

First minister touched on many themes, from the independence question to what lies ahead for her

As she resigns after eight years in the top job, Robbie Smith looks back on a remarkable career — and asks what’s next for the SNP’s ‘nippy sweetie’?

Keir Starmer is having an odd half-term. First, his big ‘GPC’ files story was a bit of a flop. And now, his latest ‘Labour has changed’ announcement – including confirmation that Jeremy Corbyn will not stand for his party at the next election – has been over-shadowed. But might it…

The lastest six per cent pay offer has been dismissed as only a "marginal improvement" at a special meeting of the EIS Salaries Committee today.

Mr Murrell, who married First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in 2010, has been the party’s chief executive since 1999.

She said she will continue as an MSP on the backbenches at Holyrood.

The First Minister said she hoped politics could ‘depolarise’.

NICOLA Sturgeon has resigned as Scotland’s First Minister having spent more than eight years in the role.

The First Minister of Scotland has today (February 15) stepped down from her role, citing that it was the "right timing" to allow someone else to take up her position.