The UK Liberal Democrat leader will warn against the rise of Reform UK as he addresses his party’s conference in Edinburgh on Saturday.

Scottish independence is “within reach”, John Swinney has said, after a poll projection put his party just one seat short of a majority at this year’s Holyrood election.

Searches are expected to continue at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s previous home as the Government vowed to consider removing him from the line of succession once police investigations have concluded.

Michael O’Neill hopes Yuki Ohashi’s “fantastic” winner can give Blackburn “real belief” after they dramatically beat Preston 1-0 to ease their Sky Bet Championship relegation worries.