The decision from the veteran broadcaster comes as the company looks to cut 60 jobs across Scotland as well as its dedicated programme in the north.

The Federation of Small Business found 57% of firms saw their profits slump in the third quarter of the year.

MSPs were set to debate and vote on hundreds of amendments to legislation on Wednesday evening.

The independent MSP raised a late night urgent question a day after a Romanian gang was sentenced for crimes including rape.

Network Rail said it had caught the ‘culprit’ forcing delays on Glasgow passengers.

Ministers said the Scottish and UK Governments should have acted sooner to prepare for job loses seen at Grangemouth, Scotland’s last oil refinery.

A slimmed-down version of the Games will return to Glasgow next year.

The company, Mind Yang, said the £1.5 billion renewables project could create 1,500 jobs.

At the same time, the Scottish Government said it would fund, alongside Westminster, an £18 million fund to help workers transition from fossil fuels.

Digital government minister Ian Murray said the scheme was part of a broader plan to tackle people entering the UK illegally.

A freedom of information request found Scotland has the highest rate of violent injuries to school staff in Britain.

Annemarie Williams spoke about her father’s final days in a fringe event at the conference in Aberdeen.

The former first minister said there was no room for complacency on the goal, launched by her in 2020, to improve the lives of young people in care.

The Scottish Police Federation said some officers were spending up to 60% of their time dealing with Scots’ health issues due to failings in the NHS.

The Finance Secretary also suggested there are too many public sector bodies in Scotland.

Scottish Labour said the Scottish Government had pushed public services to ‘breaking point’.

Keith Brown said the First Minister is ‘brave’ to make the move which he suggested could see him quit if it fails.

The SNP Westminster leader blamed Labour for a fall in the number of North Sea workers but said Reform UK also presented a threat to the industry.

Scotland’s Energy Secretary Gillian Martin said she would be ‘damned’ if the deindustrialisation of the 1970-80s was repeated.