STUC officials say Scottish production companies could lose out under the proposals.

The Scottish Conservative leader responded to remarks made by Humza Yousaf.

Professor Malcolm Chalmers of the Royal United Services Institute was responding to the Scottish Government’s latest prospectus paper on independence.

The SNP leader will address party delegates at a campaign council in Perth on Saturday.

Mr Ross said the Scottish Conservatives had not received donations from Mr Hester.

The star said he supported Ukraine against Russian aggression and those ‘who condone it’.

A report from Our Scottish Future outlines plans for ‘North Sea 2’, focused on renewables.

As the SNP called for a no confidence vote in Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross also said trust has been ‘eroded’.

Demonstrators marched through Glasgow as Scottish Labour delegates gathered.

Anas Sarwar said there is not as much ‘distance’ between his position and that of the Labour leader as many believe.

The Scottish Labour leader will address the first day of his party’s conference in Glasgow on Friday.

But pollsters said the backing for Scottish independence had not fallen to the same degree as the SNP.

Commanding Officer Richard Reville said the had a ‘soft spot’ for the 6,000-tonne RFA Stirling Castle.

It came during a rowdy First Minister’s Questions, less than an hour after the Scottish health secretary resigned.

Keith Rollinson, 58, died at Dr Gray’s Hospital following the incident on Friday evening.

Evidence revealed at the UK Covid Inquiry raised ‘significant practice concerns’, David Hamilton said.

Stagecoach North said they were ‘shocked and saddened’ at the death of one of their drivers.

The deputy Labour leader was speaking while campaigning in East Lothian on Friday.

Members of the Scottish Covid Bereaved group were reacting to Nicola Sturgeon’s evidence.