The SNP leader and first minister Nicola Sturgeon tells her party conference that Scotland can make independence a success. "Never let anyone tell us otherwise", she adds

However, she says there will need to be "hard work and good judgement" to overcome the "many challenges along the way"

Ms Sturgeon believes that for Scotland, "the problem is not just which party is in power at Westminster - the problem is Westminster".

In her speech she says that while Aberdeen is the oil and gas capital of Europe she wants to make it the "net zero capital of the world"

Ms Sturgeon goes on to announce that 22 schemes will share more than £50m for green projects including hydrogen, wave and tidal technology

The economic case for Scottish independence will be made in a document to be published on Monday, 17 October. says the SNP leader

Earlier, party members backed plans to raise the primary school starting age to six