Kezia Dugdale said "anybody that has any compassion in their body" could see it was a difficult time for the former first minister.

Scotland's former leader Nicola Sturgeon announced on Monday she and her husband Peter Murrell had decided to end their marriage, almost two years after they were both questioned as part of a police probe into the fate of party funds.

Former first minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon ends marriage to Peter Murrell - Writing on social media, she said the decision had been made ‘with a heavy heart’.

Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says John Swinney has to learn lessons from the mistakes of the Sturgeon and Salmond years.

The former Scottish first minister had been married to Mr Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP, since 2010.

Nicola Sturgeon and former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell have "decided to end" their marriage, she said in a post on social media. In a post on Instagram, the former first minister of Scotland said: "With a heavy heart I am confirming that Peter and I have decided to end our marriage.

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Nicola Sturgeon says she and Peter Murrell have been separated for "some time" Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and ex-SNP chief executive Peter Murrell have "decided to end" their marriage. In a social media post,