John Swinney: “It would be unlawful not to consider new gas field licences on a case-by-case basis.”

I'll tell Malcolm Offord what ruination looks like. It's people like him and Thomas Kerr going round spreading racist filth in our society. That's what ruination looks like.

Anyone who is involved in the inciting of racial tension or stirring up behaviour that leads to the destruction of good accommodation is a disgrace and will be pursued by Police Scotland.

The UK Government's announcement of a trade ban on Israeli settlements is welcome and long overdue.

Now that you have agreed the principle that Scotland should have a referendum when it is likely that people would vote for independence, it is important for us to meet to discuss how we turn that principle into an agreed legal mechanism…