Nicola Sturgeon targets Dumfries and Galloway

During the third leg of her day on the campaign trail, Ms Sturgeon joined inwith Scottish country dancing at Lochside Community Centre in Dumfries with SNP candidate Richard Arkless.

Other candidates for the region currently include Alister Jack (Con), Ted Thompson (Lab) and McNabb Laurie (Lib Dem).

Speaking after the dance, Ms Sturgeon reiterated her claim Boris Johnson would include the NHS in post-Brexit trade negotiations with US President Donald Trump.

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Calling for the election to usher in the end of austerity, which she describedas "the biggest danger to our NHS over the last few years", Ms Sturgeon said:

"We want guarantees that our NHS will be protected.

"There is a risk to the NHS in this election - if we allow Scotland to be taken out of Europe against our will, which is what this broken Westminster system threatens to do - we put our NHS at the mercy of Donald Trump in future trade negotiations.

"Despite the denials of Boris Johnson, whose word hasn't shown to have been particularly trustworthy since he became Prime Minister, that in my view is a real and present danger."

But under attack from Labour and the Liberal Democrats too, the Conservatives accused the opposition parties of scare-mongering, saying the NHS is not for sale.