North Lanarkshire council candidate dies during Tory conference dinner

A Conservative council candidate died at a dinner held to mark the start of the party's Scottish conference.

Marjory Borthwick, 61, took ill suddenly at the event at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow on Thursday night.

Paramedics were called and attempts were made to revive her, with doctor and former Tory MSP Nanette Milne amongst those who tried to save her.

However their attempts were unsuccessful.

Ms Borthwick, from Wishaw, was chair of the North Lanarkshire branch of the Scottish Conservatives and had been selected to stand as a candidate in May's local government elections.