Scottish party leaders prepare for live TV debate

The debate will be hosted by STV's Political Editor Bernard Ponsonby Credit: PA/STV

The leaders of Scotland's main political parties are preparing for a live TV debate which will take place on Tuesday evening.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Labour's Kezie Dugdale, Scottish Conservatives' Ruth Davidson, Scottish Liberal Democrat's Willie Rennie and Patrick Harvie of the Scottish Greens will all take part in the debate in front of a live audience at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh.

The audience will be made up of a representative sample of the Scottish electorate.

The election debate will be broadcast live on ITV Border Scotland at 8pm.