After a sunny day of campaigning across Scotland, our live coverage draws to a close. Here are the key lines that emerged:

• Zack Polanski, the leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, called for Donald Trump to be "kicked out" out of his Scottish golf courses and for them to be "brought into community ownership".
• A Trump International Scotland executive hit back, calling Polanski an "imbecile".
• Party leaders responded to our questions on the ferries procurement row and Scotland's drug deaths record.
• Alex Cole-Hamilton, the Scottish Lib Dem leader, was in Aberdeen promoting his 10-point plan for rejuvenating the north east economy.
• SNP leader John Swinney was joined by Line of Duty star Martin Compston at Cappielow in Greenock. He said they were united against the politics of Reform.
• Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, was also in Aberdeen and insisted the "whole of Scotland needs change".
• Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay highlighted "monster pylons" in the countryside while campaigning in the Aberdeenshire village of Auchenblae.
• In Crieff, UK Reform candidate Helen McDade called for action to save high streets across Scotland.
• The Scottish Green co-leaders were joined by Polanski in England and Wales who predicted record-breaking success on 7 May.

That's all from us today. The editor was Paul O'Hare and the writer was Craig Hutchison.

Enjoy the weekend and please join us on Monday morning for more from the campaign trail.

Ian Hamilton
Senior social affairs reporter, Scotland

A new voting aid to help blind or partially-sighted people is being rolled out across Scotland ahead of May's election.

It is designed to give them more independence at the ballot box by making it easier to mark their ballot papers accurately.

A new cardboard overlay has been designed to fit ballots perfectly, and replaces a device many say did not work as intended.

It will be accompanied by audio recording of candidates on council websites.

Read more here.

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John Swinney acknowledges Scotland has a "deep problem with drugs deaths".

The SNP leader adds: "We've made progress in the course of the last five years.

"We pursued the drugs mission with a significant expansion of rehabilitation support.

"I want to make sure that we take forward that agenda."

Swinney said his government will support people with addiction to overcome their issues.

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Zack Polanski, who joined the co-leaders of the Scottish Greens at a press conference in Glasgow, says there should be a transparent and accountable decision about what legalising and regulating drugs means.

The leader of the Greens in England and Wales says this isn't about people being able to just buy drugs in the supermarket.

He says it's about people who have an addiction to drugs being given the support and the therapy they might require.

Helen McDade says Reform believes in rehabilitation and adds it was a disgrace the Tories' Right to Recovery bill was not passed at Holyrood.

The Reform UK candidate tells BBC Scotland News drug consumption rooms don't work.

We reported in January Scotland's first safer drug consumption facility registered 575 users in its first year.

McDade also says methadone is not the answer and hasn't been for 30 years.

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Anthony Reuben and Mark Poynting

On BBC Question Time last night, Reform UK’s leader in Scotland Malcolm Offord said, external: “We’re importing 70% of our gas from the North Sea from Norway.”

It is correct to say that 70% of our imported gas comes from Norway - but not 70% of our North Sea gas, because a significant proportion comes from UK gas fields there that do not count as imports.

Provisional government data, external for 2025 shows that UK gas production was 332 terawatt hours (TWh).

There were 320 TWh of gas imported via pipeline from Norway in the same year.

So actually, about half of the North Sea gas we use is imported from Norway.

We can't give a precise figure because while the vast majority of the UK and Norway's gas production takes place in the North Sea, small amounts are produced elsewhere.

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Asked about Scotland having the worst drugs death record in Europe, Anas Sarwar replies: "It's heartbreaking and this has happened again on the SNP’s watch."

The Scottish Labour leader adds it is another reason why the country needs change.

"What we would do differently is we would fund detox programmes.

"We would encourage abstinence programmes too as an alternative route."

Sarwar also stresses the need to support individuals in terms of skills, jobs, housing and rehabilitation beds.

"It's heartbreaking - and this has happened again on the SNP's watch," says Alex Cole-Hamilton, responding to Scotland's drug deaths record.

He says the statistics demonstrate why Scotland needs change.

The Scottish Lib Dem leader adds his party would fund detox programmes and encourage abstinence programmes as an alternative route.

Cole-Hamilton says individuals need jobs and housing and stresses the importance of rehabilitation beds.

Russell Findlay says: "The SNP’s drugs death record is an abomination.

"It’s an absolute tragedy."

The Scottish Conservative leader says his party's Right to Recovery bill - which would have ensured anyone with an addiction would have a legal right to treatment - was voted down by the SNP and others.

Findlay adds he would resurrect that bill and would also shut down the drugs consumption room in Glasgow and oppose any new ones.

"The drugs facility in Glasgow has been a magnet for criminality," he adds.

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We're asking all the parties today about their policies for tackling drug use.

Last September it emerged that Scotland was the drugs death capital of Europe for the seventh year in a row - despite a 13% fall in fatalities.

There were 1,017 drug misuse deaths in 2024, external, down 155 from the previous year.

National Records of Scotland said the latest figure was the lowest annual number since 2017. It brings the total in a decade to 10,884.

After adjusting for age, there were 191 drug misuse deaths per million people in Scotland in 2024.

Back on the campaign trail, Reform UK have been reacting to Ferguson Marine's claim that it was blocked from bidding to build a replacement ferry for the Lord of the Isles.

Candidate Helen McDade says: "Clearly the system we have for ferries has not worked."

She adds there has been "disaster after disaster", part of which was trying to make the Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa run on joint energy to contribute to net zero.

McDade says Reform would have an inquiry into how the ferries are run and vows her party would build more.

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Donald Trump owns two golf resorts in Scotland - Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire and Trump Turnberry in South Ayrshire.

The first located, on the Menie Estate at Balmedie, has two 18-hole courses.

The Old Course opened in 2012 and the US president cut the ribbon on the New Course during his four-day private visit to Scotland last summer.

Trump previously said he built the course in memory of his mother, who was born and raised in Lewis in the Western Isles.

Trump Turnberry features two 18-hole courses, The Ailsa and King Robert the Bruce.

The Ailsa has hosted four Open championships, most recently in 2009 when Stewart Cink won a play-off against golf legend Tom Watson.

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Phil Sim
Scotland political correspondent

The Scottish Parliament election has been typically packed with promises to spend money on new policy ideas.

But there has also been talk of cutbacks, with many parties promising to reduce the number of "quangos" and rein in the size of the public sector.

Holyrood's annual budget, external, external hit £68bn this year and is forecast to grow over the coming years, with both the "block grant" from Westminster and tax revenues controlled from Holyrood set to rise.

However it's also under huge pressure - from growing demands for services and benefits, bumper public sector pay deals and an ageing population.

Economic experts have suggested that the budget to be set at the end of the year will be a "horror show" for whoever becomes Scotland's new finance secretary.

Are any of the parties being realistic about the scale of the challenge ahead?

Read more here.

Andrew Kerr
BBC Scotland political correspondent

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The leader of the Green Party in England and Wales has called for Donald Trump to be "kicked out" out of his Scottish golf courses and for them to be "brought into community ownership."

Zack Polanski made the comments on a visit to Glasgow as he supported his Scottish Green colleagues ahead of the Holyrood election.

The leader was heavily critical of the US President, saying he had "started illegal and unpopular wars".

Polanski told reporters his comments were a "personal opinion" and it was not for him to "tell Scotland what to do".

Trump International Scotland has this afternoon responded to Polanski's remarks.

Sarah Malone, executive vice president, said: "The comments in relation to our golf courses in Scotland are frankly ludicrous and ignorant and made by a man who is an imbecile.”

The co-leader of the Scottish Greens says it is "infuriating" that, whether it's ferries or buses, the Scottish government failed to put in conditions into contracts to make sure Scotland got the full value of them here in Scotland.

Ross Greer says Scotland is missing out on millions of pounds worth of high-quality work and high quality jobs

He adds if CMAL, the company in charge of ferry procurement in Scotland, withdraw this procurement round and revise it there could be a situation where yards from Scotland could actually bid for the contracts.

Greer says he doesn't want to see any delays and ferries will need to be hired in to cover routes so islanders were not inconvenienced.

The high streets all around Scotland with shops closing, is the issue Reform UK are focusing on today on the campaign trail.

The party's candidate Helen McDade explains it is not simple to address this problem and responsibilty for the issue is across Westminster, Holyrood and councils.

"We need to do something about that because the are the hearts of communities."

She also insists there should be moratorium on windfarms and there needs to be small modular nuclear reactors built.

So back to the news of the day which is Scotland's publicly-owned shipyard saying it has effectively been "blocked" from bidding to build the next large CalMac ferry.

When asked about the latest issue with ferry procurement, John Swinney says: "The Scottish government has made clear that there are a number of vessels that will be awarded directly to Ferguson Marine."

The first minister and SNP leader insists the government has taken steps to make sure the shipbuilder will have a viable workload which secures the future of the facility.

This will build on the delivery of the Glen Sannox which is now in service and the Glen Rosa which is expected to be ready later this year he adds.

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Here's a reminder of the story that has led to our first question to political parties today, that is of course the news that Scotland's publicly-owned shipyard says it hs effectively been "blocked" from bidding to build the next large CalMac ferry.

Ferguson Marine said it was unable to bid to build a replacement for MV Lord of the Isles because of the eligibility criteria set by ferries procurement agency CMAL.

The GMB Union says the decision 'beggars belief'.

CMAL says its selection system will ensure the best outcome for island communities.

Read more here.

Let's go to Auchenblae, a village in the Kincardine and Mearns area of Aberdeenshire, where Russell Findlay is speaking out against "monster pylons that are littering the Scottish countryside".

The Scottish Tory leader says he understands the need to connect renewable energy to the network, but right now it’s "out of control".

There are communities having these pylons imposed on them without any form of meaningful consultation, he adds.

"We’re saying that these communities, who have been ignored by SNP ministers over the years, should be listened to, and there should be a presumption against pylons unless they’re absolutely necessary."

Back to the ferries procurement row and Anas Sarwar says: “This is an absolute mess. And again it’s a mess of the SNP’s making."

The Scottish Labour leader says his party would introduce a single ferries agency so that "there's not layer after layer of bureaucracy".

He adds islanders would be part of the agency and he would fix the procurement process.

Sarwar says he would be happy for Ferguson Marine to build the next ferry and claims the "first class" workforce has been let down by poor leadership and bad government.