The allegations were made after the former first minister’s 2020 trial, when he was cleared of 14 charges of sexual assault.

The late ex-first minister said after winning his 2020 court case there was evidence of a plot that would eventually 'see the light of day'.

Alba will not contest the Holyrood election amid crippling financial difficulties.

The Daily Record brings you its daily 5pm briefing of the top stories in Scottish politics.

The pro-independence movement is currently locked in a bitter struggle for survival after its leader announced it could not afford to contest the Holyrood election in May.

The government should intervene if tech firms won't put an end to counterfeiters selling fat jabs online, says Record View.

One Alba candidate declared the financial issues facing the breakaway pro-independence party as "temporary blips".

Gail Sheridan is bidding to become an MSP at the Scottish parliamentary elections in May as a candidate for the ALBA party and hopes to be elected alongside her husband Tommy