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FORMER Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has said he would “take a bullet” for Russian president Vladimir Putin and described him as “a first-class person”.

POLICE officers in Scotland are to take the most disruptive action in more than 100 years by withdrawing their “goodwill” amid an ongoing pay dispute.

RENOWNED anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray has returned to Westminster to continue campaigning after police tried to shut down his demonstration on Tuesday.

THE First Minister has met with the Queen in Edinburgh after announcing her “route map” to a Scottish independence referendum.

BABY boxes are particularly important amid the cost-of-living crisis, Scotland's children’s minister has said ahead of the fifth anniversary of the scheme.

NICOLA Sturgeon has announced her plan to hold indyref in October 2023 – explaining that she will instead use the next General Election as a de-facto referendum if the Supreme Court says Holyrood can’t legally do so without Westminster’s consent.

MSPs HAVE said they will continue a public petition for tougher sentences on perpetrators of domestic abuse which causes miscarriages, after hearing “harrowing” evidence.

THE International Trade Secretary has been accused of “disrespecting” to MPs after she failed to appear before a parliamentary committee.

NICOLA Sturgeon took on a BBC Breakfast presenter on Wednesday morning as he pushed her to explain whether her government would go ahead with an illegal referendum.

NICOLA Sturgeon has written to Boris Johnson, setting out her plans to hold indyref2 on October 19, 2023.