Nicola Sturgeon's SNP on course for overall majority, according to two new opinion polls

Glasgow for another week at this stage.She said "extensive" public health measures had been deployed and that cases are still rising.Sturgeon said she was "fairly certain" the increases were being driven by the so-called Indian variant, which she said was believed to be even more transmissible than the Kent variant.She added that Glasgow city had not yet turned the corner, but insisted she was "confident" the public health measures would be effectiveLevel 3 means pubs and restaurants cannot

First Minister made the announcement at a media briefing in Edinburgh today where she also announced Glasgow would remain at Level 3 for now.

covid pandemic. He replaces Jeane Freeman, who retired as an MSP at the last election.A Scottish Government press release said: “Humza Yousaf becomes Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, with responsibility for the NHS, including ongoing health service remobilisation as we move out of the pandemic.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Nicola Sturgeon has announced that the city of Glasgow will remain in level three for another week after a spike in covid infection cases.She said there is evidence suggesting the outbreak, concentrated in the south side of the city, is being driven by so-called Indian variant.Glasgow, like most of the country, was due to go to level 2 on Monday.Going to this level would have meant pubs being able to

Nicola Sturgeon as he backed calls for another independence referendum. The Line of Duty star said the SNP leader was the 'most competent' person to lead Scotland to recovery following the economic fallout from coronavirus lockdowns.

six-week campaign that saw her party return 64 MSPs - one short of achieving an overall majority. Scotland's recovery from the devastating coronavirus is Sturgeon's top priority but behind the scenes she will have to draw up plans to appoint new Cabinet Secretaries after several stepped down at the election.

First Minister said that case numbers in North East region taking in Forres, Elgin, Lossiemouth and Buckie, are more than four times higher than in the rest of the country which is due to move to Level 2 on Monday.

Nicola Sturgeon 'sings a Beatles style song to mock her opponent's and celebrate her election victory' in Janey Godley's new voiceover video. Janey decided to show some footage of Nicola's political opponents Alex Salmond, George Galloway and Douglas Ross alongside footage of Nicola celebrating her win.

Alba Party leader - who failed to win a seat at last week's Holyrood election - warned that any delay would allow the UK Government time to plan its response. He told the BBC the time to press for an IndyRef2 would be “now” and added he was “not in favour of this idea you should delay to after covid, to after the recovery, towards the end of the second part of this parliamentary term”.

SNP leader to make its case as he urged Boris Johnson to reform how the UK is run to blunt nationalist demands for independence.

64 MSPs in the 129-seat parliament which is one short of a majority however with the eight Scottish Greens elected there is a majority of independence parties. Sturgeon said her priority following the election would be to focus on Scotland's recovery from the devastating coronavirus pandemic.

64 MSPs, one up on the number the party achieved in 2106.

First Minister arrived at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow today to send a message to Boris Johnson and the UK Government - don't pick a fight with Scotland.The SNP leader visited the counting venue to congratulate the party's activists and candidates after they won another landslide across the city.Turning to the national picture after two days of ballot counting, Sturgeon said the Nationalists had increased their number of votes won and their vote share and the party should now be allowed to

Nicola Sturgeon was yesterday confronted by a far-right bigot who is standing against her in the Holyrood election. Ex-Britain First leader Jayda Fransen was filmed approaching the First Minister as she left a polling station in the Glasgow Southside constituency.

SNP would fall agonisingly short of an overall majority. Expert Sir John Curtice said a polling average put Nicola Sturgeon ’s party on 64 seats – one shy of outright victory.

Glasgow Southside, approached the First Minister as she left a station earlier today. Footage of the incident was shared online and shows the former deputy leader of the Britain First movement shouting at the SNP leader as she speaks to party volunteers.

Nicola Sturgeon has arrived at a polling station as party leaders cast their votes up and down the country in the Scottish Election. The First Minister was all smiles as she greeted supporters and voters outside the Annette Street school in Govanhill, Glasgow, this morning, May 6.Sturgeon has already voted by post but joined SNP candidate Rosa Salih to lend her support and meet a Syrian family as they cast their ballots.

Alex Neil said while there must still be focus on tackling the coronavirus pandemic after Thursday’s election, there “is no reason why we should not also be pursuing our constitutional demands at the same time”.

Nicola Sturgeon has thanked the people of Scotland for their sacrifices over the last year of the coronavirus pandemic. The SNP leader wrote an open letter which has been published in a number of Sunday papers including the Sunday Mail.

Today programme the SNP leader said the Scottish Government 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.