Police Scotland have been investigating the SNP’s finances and the spending of about £600,000 for independence campaigning.

Police Scotland have arrested a 58-year-old man, understood to be Peter Murrell.

The new First Minister has appointed his top team.

He is the youngest person to take up the top job, and the first from a minority ethnic background.

The 37-year-old is the first person to hold the post from a minority ethnic background and is also the youngest.

The Finance Secretary has attracted criticism after she said she would not have voted for same sex marriage.

Isla Bryson raped two women when she was a man, and is believed to be held in a women’s prison.

Scotland’s First Minister said ‘unacceptable’ images had also been seen at the rally against the UK Government intervening to block the laws.

The UK Government has blocked a Holyrood Bill reforming gender recognition reforms over its impact on UK-wide legislation.

The Education Secretary admitted there was still ‘some distance’ between the teachers and employers in the dispute over pay.

The First Minister was present at the monarch’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey.

Crowds gathered in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, on Monday to watch the funeral.

The Scottish Government has urged unions and councils to ‘continue to seek a fair and sustainable settlement’ in their pay dispute.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is in discussions with the GMB, Unite and Unison in a bid to end the council pay dispute.

The Scottish First Minister will meet union leaders on Thursday in an attempt to resolve the dispute, which has led to strikes across Scotland.

Finlay MacDonald, 39, appeared in court on Friday over a series of incidents in north-west Scotland earlier in the week.

Finlay MacDonald, 39, will face Inverness Sheriff Court following the incidents on Skye and the mainland in north-west Scotland.

The man is due to appear at Inverness Sheriff Court on Friday.

John MacKinnon, 47, died on Wednesday as events unfolded on the Isle of Skye and Wester Ross.

A 39-year-old man has been arrested over a series of shootings on Skye and the mainland.