A Fife councillor who called Nicola Sturgeon “Wee Jimmy Krankie” and a “drooling hag” has agreed to be removed from the teaching register.

Kathleen Leslie, who worked at Woodmill High School, wrote a series of offensive and inappropriate tweets about the First Minister ahead of the independence referendum in 2014.

In November 2013, while also tagging Ms Sturgeon into the tweets, the former additional support teacher tweeted: “Wee Jimmy Krankie is a drooling hag.

“She’s a walking horror show.”

Another tweet from July 2013 read: “That wee fish wife was there?! At taxpayer expense no doubt.

“Feel sorry for poor bugger sat next to her grim face.”

Ms Leslie, from Dalgety Bay, also called EuroMillions winning family, Colin and Chris Weir as 'uneducated' and 'fat' after they donated millions of pounds to the Yes campaign.

At the time, she was blasted by opposition parties for the tweets and “reminded of her responsibilities” by bosses in the Scottish Conservative party.

Ahead of being elected in May, Ms Leslie attracted a lot of social media interest criticising her ability to be a councillor.

She was then forced to apologise for the series of Twitter spats against the SNP.

The General Teaching Council for Scotland confirmed that Cllr Leslie agreed to remove herself from the register in July following an investigation into “offensive comments” made while she was employed by Fife Council.

She has also been banned from applying to return to teaching for two years.

Ms Leslie, who worked with children with additional support needs for 16 years, was required to resign from her post when she was elected councillor for Burntisland, Kinghorn an Western Kirkcaldy.

She has said she has no wish to return to teaching so she can fully commit herself to representing her ward.

A Fife Council spokesperson said: "As a responsible employer we do not ever discuss individual details about any of our employees."