EXCLUSIVE: Professor James Mitchell said the election campaign would have focused on "trust and secrecy" if the Murrell scandal had broken weeks earlier.

“Mine changed to pending last week and changed to travel not authorised last night. Was meant to fly out tomorrow morning and don’t have time to sort a visa.”

Record View says an inquiry would be able to reassure the public that decisions were above board.

Celebrities, sporting legends and First Minister John Swinney joined a packed Glasgow Hilton to celebrate the extraordinary courage, kindness and determination of this year’s Pride of Scotland winners.

Critics, including local campaign groups, have warned against the centres’ impact on the environment, including extremely high electricity and water usage.

The Tartan Army will be joined by First Minister John Swinney in Boston next week, after his appearance at Monday's Pride of Scotland awards.

Supporters of a Commons investigation believe evidence should be taken in Scotland.

In his Daily Record column, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar urges MSPs to back his party's plan for an inquiry into the issues raised by Murrell's embezzlement.

Scotland's unsung heroes will take centre stage at the Daily Record Pride of Scotland Awards tonight.

"The failure to send a clear message on possession is clearly a factor and John Swinney must urgently make clear that carrying a knife will once again result in a definite jail sentence."

The First Minister pledged to meet Mark Sommerville, who was diagnosed with MND in October 2023 and told he had just 18 months to live.

The singer is set to be one of the celebrity guests at the Daily Record's award bash on Monday night.

The national constabulary said "no further action will be taken at this time" after John Swinney admitted the "ring-fenced" donations had already been spent.

The party's governing body has agreed to a proposal by John Swinney to launch legal action against Nicola Sturgeon's estranged husband.

Campaigner Sean Clerkin has contacted Police Scotland after the First Minister suggested the donations had already been spent.

A freedom of information request was filed by campaigner Benjamin Harrop in relation to the Hamilton probe, but never fully complied with by the Government.

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says voters cast their ballots on May 7th without crucial knowledge of Murrell's corruption.

Concerns over how the supposedly "ring-fenced" cash was spent by the SNP ultimately led to the Operation Branchform investigation and the conviction of Peter Murrell.

"If he is such an honest man, John Swinney needs to start telling us more about who knew what – and when – and why concerns weren’t acted on."

Prosecutors said the spending spree undertaken by Nicola Sturgeon's estranged husband was funded "principally" by SNP membership fees and donations - leading for calls to explain where the rest of the cash came from.

One councillor raised fears that the call to close Logiealmond Primary could resemble the 2020 decision to shut Abernyte Primary - which was questioned over a lack of effort to increase the pupil roll.

EXCLUSIVE: In a letter to parliament chiefs, Neil Bibby warned a "culture of secrecy and cover-up where those who speak out are shut down or ostracised cannot be allowed to continue".

The new First Homes Fund will be open to all prospective owners looking to make their first step on to the property ladder, with a value limit of £300,000 on the property purchased.

The Scottish Government is being urged rewrite its child poverty delivery plan after a charity warned it was at risk of breaching its own law.

In his regular column for the Record, the First Minister argues powers over energy should be devolved to the Scottish Parliament.

Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon co-signed the SNP's annual accounts when she was party leader, she must say sorry for scandal, says Record View.

The First Minister said he had not called former MPs Douglas Chapman and Joanna Cherry - both of whom resigned from the SNP's governing body in 2021.

Roseanna Clarkin is among a huge number of women in Scotland who blame mesh products for life-changing complications and are calling for an independent review.

Murrell pleaded guilty this week to embezzling the sum from the SNP between 2010 and 2022.

There are few signs of sympathy for the senior Nationalists who so conspicuously failed to halt a massive financial fraud going on in front of them, says Chris McCall