Nicola Sturgeon spoke of feeling she had ‘failed’ when she did not win the constituency she stood in at the first Scottish Parliament election.

Scottish police are thought to be on notice for a visit by the US vice president, who is on holiday in the UK with his family.

Nicola Sturgeon has opened up about her arrest, describing in her new book how the police investigation was like “mental torture” and she thought about disappearing into the North Sea.