Sturgeon faces calls to resign over actions in Salmond crisis

First minister was given legal advice about significant potential conflict of interest but case continued

Nicola Sturgeon faces calls to resign after previously secret legal advice and new witness evidence raised fresh questions over whether Scotland's first minister misled parliament about the Alex Salmond crisis.

On Tuesday evening the Scottish government released confidential legal advice that showed its lawyers had warned Sturgeon and her most senior officials that evidence of a potentially unlawful conflict of interest inside the government was extremely concerning" and a very real problem indeed".