Jamie Hepburn has resigned as the parliamentary business minister at Holyrood after a clash with Douglas Ross, the former Scottish Tory leader.

A senior SNP minister has been accused of physical assault by the former leader of the Scottish Conservatives.

Jamie Hepburn has resigned as the parliamentary business minister at Holyrood after a clash with Douglas Ross, the former Scottish Tory leader.

Former Scottish Tory leader alleges Hepburn grabbed him amid row over SNP’s apparent failure to tackle gull attacks