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For scotland and a committed member of the scottish national party. in her statement today, she acknowledged that dealing with the covid pandemic had been the most challenging period she'd known. and some of her own party colleagues have been highly critical of her approach to the question of another referendum on independence. bbc scotland's martin geissler looks at nicola sturgeon's legacy. it's a journey which began on the doorsteps of ayrshire and took her to the highest office in the land. when a teenage nicola sturgeon was delivering leaflets in the �*80s, the snp were a fringe party. ...

Yeah, i didn't agree with that. well, you're in the most socially deprived area in scotland, so i suppose the snp policies that she's driven and kind of led have helped this area, you know. like what? the child payments, the baby boxes, you know, anything that's kind of helped promote and improve child poverty that's helping this area. so yeah, i think she's been a big advocate for that. for years, nicola sturgeon has been the most recognisable figure in scottish politics. as she steps down from leading, though not from politics altogether, the race to the top to succeed her will now get under...

Down as first minister and leader of my party. individual polls come and go, but i am firmly of the view that there is no majority support for independence in scotland, but that support needs to be solidified, and it needs to grow further if our independent scotland is to have the best possible foundation. to achieve that, we must reach across the divide in scottish politics. the divide is cultural as well as constitutional. the case of the double rapist posing particular problems for the first minister and highlighting concerns about her attempts to make it easier to legally change gender. th...

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