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Nicola Sturgeon takes over as SNP leader

Nicola Sturgeon has take over as SNP leader from Alex Salmond. Credit: PA

Nicola Sturgeon has taken over the leadership of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and will become Scotland's new first minister next week.

Sturgeon, currently the Deputy First Minister, was confirmed as the new SNP leader at the start of the party's annual conference in Perth.

She takes over the reins after Alex Salmond announced he was stepping down as both party leader and First Minister in the wake of the referendum defeat.

Dundee MSP Stewart Hosie will replace Sturgeon as the party's new Deputy First Minister.