The focus is on the potential for a second Scottish independence referendum as the SNP meet for its spring conference in Aberdeen.

Nicola Sturgeon is taking to the stage with Prime Minister Theresa May saying "now is not the time" to her calls for a second Scottish independence referendum.

The party's deputy leader Angus Robertson has already said at the conference it would be "totally unacceptable" for Westminster to deny a referendum before Brexit was finalised.

Meanwhile the Tories have been accused of resurrecting Project Fear and preading fake news about Scotland by Holyrood's Economy Secretary.

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Keith Brown hit out at the Conservatives as the Westminster Government clashed with Sturgeon's SNP administration over the prospect of a second independence referendum.