Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has confirmed his intention to stand at the General Election despite initially planning to step down.Mr Ross enters the fray with just 24 hours left for nominations to be confirmed for seats ahead of the July 4 poll.The announcement, at a hastily-arranged press conference in Edinburgh, comes after the party barred David Duguid - MP for Banff and Buchan in the last Parliament - from contesting the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East seat.

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has confirmed his intention to stand at the General Election despite initially planning to step down.Mr Ross enters the fray with just 24 hours left for nominations to be confirmed for seats ahead of the July 4 poll.The announcement, at a hastily-arranged press conference in Edinburgh, comes after the party barred David Duguid - MP for Banff and Buchan in the last Parliament - from contesting the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East seat.