Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell is charged by Police Scotland detectives over embezzlement of funds from the SNP

The 59-year-old, the party's former chief executive, was taken into custody this morning in connection with the probe into how more than £600,000 of donations was used.

Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell is RE-ARRESTED by Police Scotland detectives investigating SNP finances over nationalists use of £600,000 of political donations

The 59-year-old, the party's former CEO, was previously arrested by Police Scotland on April 5 last year in the same probe and was taken into custody again this morning.

Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell is RE-ARRESTED by detectives investigating SNP finances when he was party's chief executive

The 59-year-old, the party's former CEO, was previously arrested by Police Scotland on April 5 last year in the same probe and was taken into custody again this morning.

Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell is RE-ARRESTED by detectives investigating SNP finances

The 59-year-old, the party's former CEO, was previously arrested by Police Scotland on April 5 last year in the same probe and was taken into custody again this morning.

Scotland's 'humiliated' SNP government abandons plan to get 75% of the way to Net Zero emissions by the end of the decade after experts say 2030 target is 'beyond credible'

Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan confirmed that the plan to get 75 per cent of the way to Net Zero emissions by 2030 was being binned.

Scottish primary schools appoint children as 'LGBT champions' and are being encouraged to 'ask pupils if they are gay, lesbian or trans'

Schools are reportedly setting up LGBT clubs and 'gender and sexual orientation alliance groups' for their students as part of their membership with a scheme run by the charity LGBT Youth Scotland

Fury as the SNP quietly bans wood-burning stoves from newbuild homes in Scotland amid green drive - sparking fears for pensioners and remote Highland communities

Planning guidance published at the start of April outlaws the installation of 'direct emission heating systems' - referring to stoves, oil heaters and gas boilers - in new homes.

Scottish police are accused of 'failing to solve' shoplifting, theft and assaults - as chiefs warn they are being 'deluged' with hate crime complaints after 8,000 reports in first week of new law

David Threadgold, chairman of the Scottish Police Federation (SPF), says Police Scotland's vow to investigate every report of hate crime has created a 'simply unmanageable' situation.

SNP minister condemns his own father over an anti-Semitic post of a Swastika merged with the Star of David as police U-turn over an investigation into the image

An SNP minister was yesterday forced to condemn an anti-Semitic post shared on his father's Facebook page. Tom Arthur broke cover to criticise fellow SNP member Tom Arthur Snr.

Judy Murray backs JK Rowling in trans rights row: Tennis coach voices her support after author warned against 'dismantling' women's rights to 'accommodate trans-identified men' in 709-word social media post

Rowling - who has led a backlash against the SNP 's 'authoritarian' hate crime legislation - expanded on her trans views in a 709-word essay shared on Twitter /X following a spat.

Fury as Scotland's new Hate Police 'tell woman they are discarding her complaint about a Star of David merged with a Swastika in Facebook post made by SNP minister's relative - because she isn't Jewish'

Police Scotland was last night embroiled in an extraordinary hate crime row amid claims a woman who reported an anti-Semitic Facebook post ended up being quizzed about her own ethnicity.

Humza Yousaf's Hate Speech Police face furious backlash in row over swastika hate crime after woman was told her complaint about a swastikas emblazoned Star of David was not relevant as 'she wasn't Jewish'

Police Scotland was last night embroiled in an extraordinary hate crime row amid claims a woman who reported an anti-Semitic Facebook post ended up being quizzed about her own ethnicity.

JK Rowling is 'spreading disinformation' about Scotland's new hate crime laws says Humza Yousaf after Harry Potter author slammed his 'bumbling incompetence and illiberal authoritarianism'

Harry Potter author JK Rowling and other critics of Scotland's new hate crime laws must stop 'peddling misinformation', Scotland's First Minister has said.

JK Rowling unleashes brutal war of words with Humza Yousaf over Scotland's new hate crime laws: Author slams SNP leader's 'bumbling incompetence and illiberal authoritarianism' after he called her trans tweets 'upsetting and offensive'

The multimillionaire Harry Potter author, 58, hit out at Humza Yousaf after he branded her remarks about transgender people 'offensive and upsetting' despite police ruling they were not a hate crime.

Lawyers warn ENTIRE football stadium of fans could need to be arrested to enforce SNP's new hate crime law - with football chiefs 'completely in the dark' about how it'll be enforced just days before Rangers play Celtic

There have been no talks between government officials and the Scottish FA (SFA) over how the legislation will affect football games.

Scottish football chiefs 'completely in the dark' over SNP's new hate crime laws with just days to go until the Old Firm Derby - as lawyers warn Celtic fans will inundate police with complaints about Rangers' chants

There have been no talks between government officials and the Scottish FA (SFA) over how the legislation will affect football games.

Police in Scotland 'making it up as they go along' over new hate crime law: MSP 'found guilty' over his gender identity views says force has 'double standards' and is 'letting off' JK Rowling and Humza Yousaf

The force confirmed on Tuesday that comments made by JK Rowling - in which she misgendered 10 trans women on social media - did not meet the criminal threshold.

Police in Scotland 'making it up as they go' over new hate crime law as they are accused of changing the rules over JK Rowling's now famous ten-post tweets

The force confirmed on Tuesday that comments made by JK Rowling - in which she misgendered 10 trans women on social media - did not meet the criminal threshold.

Britain could be breaking international law by arming Israel, Sunak is warned: Three ex-Supreme Court judges are among 600 legal experts warning UK over 'catastrophic' Gaza situation after 'out of control' IDF troops bombed aid convoy

The lawyers said the worsening situation in Gaza and the International Court of Justice's conclusion that there was a 'plausible risk of genocide' obliged the UK to suspend arms sales.

Scottish hate crime law sparks chaos as SNP minister admits 'vexatious' claims are being made to police: 4,000 reports are made - with more complaining about Humza Yousaf than JK Rowling

Siobhian Brown (pictured) says 'misinformation and hysteria' have led to wrongful assumptions about the legislation despite someone making a false complaint to police under her name.

British women should rally behind JK Rowling's 'brave stance' against the SNP's new hate crime laws, says the Mail's Sarah Vine in latest episode of YouTube talk show The Reaction

British women should rally behind JK Rowling's 'brave stance' against the Scottish government's new law censoring criticism of transgender activists Sarah Vine told this week's episode of The Reaction.