Sturgeon accused host Andrew Marr of "deference" to Boris Johnson, after he said it is "simply not true" that independence is "in clear sight", as the SNP leader had claimed.

Steve Dechan, a former Tory councillor, said he had done “very, very well out of the pandemic".

“These figures are risible, and the EU side know full well that we would never accept this," a source said.

“It is an extraordinary mark of failure that the Home Secretary is announcing with such fanfare that she is rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic."

It brings the total number of jabs on order from the US firm Moderna to seven million – enough for around 3.5 million people in the UK.

This is the weather forecast for London today.

Approval for BioNTech and Pfizer's jab is imminent, making the UK the first western country to approve a coronavirus vaccine.

Several people were handcuffed by officers as demonstrators weaved through the capital’s streets on Saturday afternoon.

“Scotland is now a nation on the brink of making history," Sturgeon said.