Scottish prosecutors have received a fresh report from police probing the SNP’s funding and finances. Operation Branchform officers asked Crown Office for “advice & guidance” in August which is around the time the Chief Constable told Sky News Nicola Sturgeon remains a suspect.

BREAKING: Dozens of criminals who were freed early from Scottish prisons under an emergency release system have reoffended and been returned to jail, it has emerged. news.sky.com/story/dozens-o…

💥EXCLUSIVE: Police Scotland considered recording notorious double rapist Isla Bryson as a female on the sex offenders register, according to leaked document obtained by Sky News. ✍️ Full story… news.sky.com/story/police-s…

BREAKING: Alex Salmond has died. Sky News

🔎Eyewitness: “Dying is easier than this life”. 📍Inside the war on drugs in Glasgow as a ‘safer’ consumption room prepares to open. ▶️The brutal life on the streets for society’s most vulnerable people. 🔗 news.sky.com/story/life-ins… ⚠️Warning: images of drug taking. Sky News

Nicola Sturgeon, a serving politician, pockets £25,000 plus £2803 hotel room for her election night appearance on ITV. SNP previously denied hypocrisy after it criticised Ruth Davidson for similar job years ago.

Sky News witnesses fireworks being lobbed at riot police in Gilmerton, Edinburgh this evening as Bonfire Night tensions rise. Sky News

🔺The Highland murder dressed up as suicide. 🔘Michael Joyce guilty of battering his lodger Michael White to death. 🔘The victim’s remains were surrounded by pictures of his dead wife in a bid to make it look like suicide. ⤵️White’s son Joshua tells Sky News he has nightmares.

🔺NEW: Murder detective rejects claims Police Scotland Chief Constable is “callous” in her treatment of the family of banker Alastair Wilson who was shot dead on his doorstep 20 years ago today. 🔗news.sky.com/story/alistair… 🗣️Det Ch Supt Suzanne Chow Sky News interview… ⤵️

🔺The story of how a list of grudges triggered a murderous shooting & stabbing rampage on the Isle of Skye. 🔘10 kids left without their dads after violence at the hands of an “evil” man who bought a new gun weeks before. 🔗 news.sky.com/story/amp/finl… ⤵️Sky News report.

🔺EXCL: Family of Nairn doorstep murder victim Alastair Wilson demand Chief Constable resigns for failing to “get a grasp” on 20 yr probe. 🗣️Son reveals ‘biggest struggle’ was people falsely accusing his mum of murder ⤵️First broadcast interview since police spat began Sky News

BREAK: 6 year old girl and 36-year-old man found dead in house in West Calder. Major police probe underway. Sky News

NEW: Police reveal they had previous “contact” with dad and 6 year old daughter before they were found dead in West Lothian house. Senior officer says that is now being “reviewed”. Sky News understands they are 36 year old Mark Gordon and 6 year old Hope Gordon.

"It feels like lockdown of 2020" Sky's Connor Gillies has the latest from Glasgow where Storm Eowyn has left shops closed and the roads littered with debris Live updates ➡️ trib.al/19bMNyT 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

Members of a paedophile gang that ran a "monstrous" child sex abuse ring in a Glasgow drugs den have each been sentenced to an order for lifelong restriction. Sky's @connorgillies reports. WARNING: This video contains graphic content and describes child abuse

🔺Quandary for Starmer who will now decide whether to grant a licence to drill in UK's largest untapped oilfield. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish court rules previous permissions for Rosebank & Jackdaw were unlawful ❌PM is against new drilling but now has £bn oil giants breathing down his neck 👇🏽

🔺EXCL: Boss of Labour’s GB Energy admits to Sky News that a pledge of 1000 jobs for Aberdeen HQ could take 20 years. 📺In his first TV interview, Juergen Maier also repeatedly refuses to tell me when voters can expect £300 off their energy bills. 🧵 1/3

🔎The town bracing for the UK’s biggest council tax rise. 🔺Falkirk hiking bills by 15.6%. 🏠Sky News goes door to door on Wilson Rd as folk feel they are paying more & getting less. 🚨 We meet the councillor calling police after beheading taunts. 🔗 news.sky.com/story/the-town…

🔺Sky News learns 10 senior officers remain on Operation Branchform, the SNP finance probe, with Crown Office prosecution costs sitting at £200k+ and police spending £2.1m. 🔎Sir John Curtice warns the 4 year long investigation threatens the SNP’s chances at 2026 election. 👇🏽

The Supreme Court, the highest civil court in the country, has ruled that "woman" in UK law refers to biological sex. Sky's Connor Gillies explains ⬇️ Read more: trib.al/Ert2Fin