Scottish Election 2021: Nicola Sturgeon arrives at polling station as party leaders cast votes

First Minister said there would be a “number of reasons” for figures showing around half the coronavirus vaccine appointments at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro vaccination centre this weekend were missed.There were many cancellations and non-attendances on Saturday and Sunday amid rising case numbers in the city which remains at level three lockdown.Speaking at the Scottish government covid briefing on Tuesday the First Minister urged young people in the 18-29 cohort to make sure they registered for their

Eurovision fans bombarded First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with requests for a Scottish song entry while they watched the contest - and saw a Lewis Capaldi doppelganger. Scots fans got very excited about Norway's entry looking a bit like our own Lewis Capaldi.

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.

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.

Neil Findlay said Sarwar’s campaign was simply a “rehash” of the 2016 election and urged Labour to recognise the right of the Scottish people to self-determination.Sarwar has been credited for the Holyrood election campaign he fought after taking over the leadership of Scottish Labour ten weeks ago.He rejected calls for indyref2 and made national recovery from covid his party’s top priority.However, although Labour held on to key constituencies yesterday, they could come third again for the

SNP headed towards a thumping victory at the Holyrood election.Nicola Sturgeon’s party may fall short of an outright win - 65 seats - but a pro-independence majority with the Greens is all but assured.Dozens of results were announced yesterday and counting has resumed.An SNP Government will push for indyref2 at some point during the next term, but Boris Johnson’s Government appears to be hardening its position.Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, dismissed

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Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Caithness and Sutherland and Ross is an SNP hold with Maree Todd gaining 15,889 votes.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.The SNP has won the East Lothian, the first constituency to change hands in the 2021 Holyrood election.Paul Stewart McLennan, the SNP candidate took 17,968 votes while Martin Whitfield, a former Labour MP scored 16,789.It is the first seat to change hands and if the party holds all its constituency seats the party is now just one short of an overall majority.A majority has always been "a long shot"

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Holyrood’s short history. The election was carried out in a different fashion to what we are used to this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Scottish Election. Described as being an 'historic election', millions have visited their local polling station to secure their vote and shape the Scottish Parliament for the next five years.

party leaders have been looking to secure your vote with a number of eye-catching policies. Scotland 's recovery from the devastating coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 10,000 Scots, has been one of the biggest issues during the election, while independence has popped up a fair few times as well.

Dumfries. Instead we've had candidates and leaders appearing on Zoom calls and doing more virtual campaigning than we've ever seen before.

election ' for a number of reasons. Millions of Scots will cast their ballots for the candidate and political party that they would like to represent them at Holyrood.