Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon launches a fresh independence campaign and says she "stands ready" to negotiate with PM Boris Johnson to hold a second referendum

When the country held the first vote in 2014 its go-ahead was possible because the UK government granted the necessary power, called a Section 30 order

However, in the near eight years that have passed two Conservative prime ministers - Theresa May and Mr Johnson - have refused to give that order a second time

Ms Sturgeon now says she is confident that Scotland can navigate towards a legal independence vote and the detail of how that could be done would be presented to the Scottish Parliament "very soon"

In response to the new campaign, Mr Johnson's official spokesman said: "The UK government's position is that now is not the time to be talking about another referendum."

Supporters of the Union have accused the Scottish government of being obsessed with independence