The UK has experienced a ‘lack of sunshine’ over the winter months this year, having had just 70 of its average sunshine so far.

Mr Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’, imposed under an emergency powers law, were overturned by the US Supreme Court.

The UK Liberal Democrat leader will warn against the rise of Reform UK as he addresses his party’s conference in Edinburgh on Saturday.

Scottish independence is “within reach”, John Swinney has said, after a poll projection put his party just one seat short of a majority at this year’s Holyrood election.