Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to step down from Holyrood

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to stand down as an MSP, she has announced.

The ex-SNP leader confirmed she would not seek re-election at the Holyrood election in May next year.

Sturgeon said the time was right to "embrace different opportunities".

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