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“I think it’s completely un-British” Lib Dem leader Ed Davey’s backing a call from the Prime Minister for students not to join pro-Palestine demos today - the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel Protests are expected to take place in Edinburgh and Glasgow

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“Just give us a little more time” Douglas Ross MSP is issuing a plea to MSPs ahead of the Stage 1 vote on the Right to Recovery Bill later It’ll give people a legal right to rehab for drug and alcohol addiction He wants MSPs with concerns to abstain and not vote it down

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A Glasgow woman is telling us she weighed just 4 stone at the height of her addiction to drugs MSPs will vote later on the Right to Recovery Bill, which would make it a legal right to access addiction treatment Karen says residential rehab gave her a second chance at life

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Speaking with Humza Yousaf about news of a potential ceasefire in Gaza The former First Minister’s wife Nadia has family in the region and says there’s ‘nervous hope’ following agreement of a peace deal But he adds the root problem must be addressed to achieve lasting peace

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Update: SNP conference backs John Swinney's strategy for securing another independence referendum - setting a target of winning an overall majority next year FM says "nobody knows the tactics I'm going to deploy if we get 65 seats in the Scottish Parliament, so keep watching"

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Speaking with John Swinney about the Scottish Government’s plan to raise money by issuing bonds in the next parliament It’s after two global credit rating agencies awarded Scotland the same ranking as the UK The First Minister’s describing it as a ‘proud day’