Ash Regan has resigned from the SNP to join Alex Salmond's Alba Party.

The deflection means she has now become Alba's first ever MSP.

In a letter to the First Minister, Regan said: "It was a distinct privilege to be elected in 2016 on an independence platform; riding the wave of optimism that the 2014 Independence referendum ignited across Scotland. And it has been an honour to serve the people of Scotland as an MSP and a Minister.