An independent Scotland would need to confront border issues with the rest of the UK if returning to the European Union, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Concerns have been raised by critics of Scottish independence who say Scotland rejoining the EU would result in a hard border with England. The First Minister told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Friday that the government of an independent Scotland would negotiate terms to “allow businesses to keep trading.” Sturgeon said: “This is the frankness that certain sections of the media will seek to stir up trouble on—I am not denying that we would need to confront and resolve the issues of being in the European Union for the border between Scotland and England. “If we do that in a way that allows businesses to keep trading, because businesses are already paying the price of having a border because of Brexit, we open up …