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THE SNP is heading back to Holyrood to form the next Scottish Government after winning another election. The Nats are expected to finish with 58 seats, seven shy of a majority that leader John Swinney ...

The party is hopeful of securing its best ever Holyrood election result by taking seats in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

He has told voters a majority for his party – a rarity in the Holyrood voting system – will allow him to put more pressure on ...

Counting is under way in the Scottish Parliament election after voters went to the polls on Thursday. Results will start ...

SCOTLAND’S political leaders have been plastered all across the papers and airwaves for weeks, all desperately begging for our votes in Thursday’s Scottish Election. By now, each party has set out ...

Lulu has described Engelbert Humperdinck as “amazing” in a heartfelt birthday message as the famous singer turns 90. Humperdinck, who is celebrating the milestone birthday on May 2, shot to fame in ...

A go on the waltzers will surely be one of the more unusual photo-ops for a party leader and candidate in the Scottish elections, but campaigning in Kirkcaldy means a visit to the Links Market ...

With nine days to go until the Holyrood election, opinion polls show the SNP on course for a record fifth term. Tonight’s STV debate at the Signet Library in Edinburgh - featuring the six party ...

Two summers ago, the Scottish National Party was in a sorry state, said Annabel Denham in The Daily Telegraph. It had lost 38 Westminster seats in a punishing general election, and the party was ...

John Swinney tells Laura Kuenssberg he is 'confident' of an SNP majority in May's election First Minister John Swinney has told BBC News he is "confident" that the SNP will win a majority at next ...