I have a duty to offer alternative to Brexit, insists Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon has defended her plans to stage a second referendum on independence, insisting she has a "duty" to offer Scots an alternative to a "disastrous" hard Tory Brexit.

The Scottish First Minister came under fire at Holyrood after Monday's bombshell announcement, with the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats joining forces to condemn her plans at First Minister's Questions.