Humza Yousaf: I don’t believe Sturgeon knew arrests pending before resignation

Scotland's first minister admits everybody' wondered whether his predecessor anticipated direction of police investigation

Humza Yousaf has acknowledged that everybody" wondered if the real reason for Nicola Sturgeon's resignation was because she knew that she and her husband were about to be arrested as part of the police inquiry into Scottish National party finances.

In his first appearance at the Edinburgh festival fringe as Scotland's first minister, Yousaf also admitted he had felt a little bit" las if he had ended up answering for issues around party transparency that were not his fault.