Follow along with The Herald for all the latest news, reaction and analysis as Scotland goes to the polls in the Holyrood election.

There has been much talk over second votes, splitting votes and supermajorities as Scotland heads to the polls.

SCOTLAND will today vote in the most important Holyrood election yet with polls too close to call on whether the SNP can win an overall majority.

SCOTS are the most negative of all four UK nations about Boris Johnson and the Westminster government's handling of coronavirus.

A KEY election battleground, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire is the most marginal SNP-held constituency in Scotland.

Welcome to our Covid-19 live blog, bringing you all the latest updates from across Scotland.

Scots across some parts of the country are waking up to a snowy scene more reminiscent of winter than of May, this morning.

I’VE always thought of my homeland, Northern Ireland, as a dark looking glass.

Scots psychology expert explains the dangers of engaging in unhealthy behaviours due to anxiety around Covid-19.

MILLIONS of internet users could be at risk of hacking attacks due to using outdated routers from their broadband providers that have security flaws, a new investigation has revealed.

With Scotland heading to the polls today along with other elections also being held in the UK, there is no doubt what the main discussion point will be when BBC Question Time airs.

THERE was a great photograph published this week of President Joe Biden and his wife Jill visiting Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter at their home in Plains, Georgia.

A coalition of environmental groups are demanding that the right to a healthy and safe environment is enshrined in Scots law as a human right in advance of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.

I WAS heartened that soldiers A and C have been acquitted of murder over the 1972 death of Joe McCann of the Official IRA ("Two former paratroopers acquitted over death of Official IRA leader", The Herald, May 5).

ONE in 14 consultant posts in NHS Scotland is vacant, with one health board saying it has advertised some vacancies 24 times without a single applicant.

ALISON Rose, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland owner NatWest Group, reopened an old sore as she spoke to journalists about the institution’s first-quarter results last week.

A coalition of environmental groups are demanding that the right to a healthy and safe environment is enshrined in Scots law as a human right in advance of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.

By Ian McConnell

THE relentless march of the eco-warriors’ army is threatening to trample agriculture underfoot. For millennia, Scotland’s farmers have been the guardians of the countryside. We have a rural landscape that is both attractive and productive than...

Hannah Stephenson tests a selection of deterrents to see if they keep squirrels off your bird food.

LOCKDOWN drinking, a delayed freedom and the plight of the NHS were the topics debated by columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

TWO brothers from a famous restaurant family have launched a new meal prep firm focusing on healthy food has launched in the Scottish capital.

FASHION can be a fickle beast and the latest "it-shoe" is stoking widespread debate: Crocs are back.

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Trust in the UK Government has deteriorated most in Scotland, according to research by the University of Bristol and King’s College London

The SNP have been predicted to win a majority during the past few weeks, but this scenario now appears to be on a knife-edge.

THE chief executive of the major UK financial institution known formerly as Royal Bank of Scotland seemed entirely undaunted last week as she took centre stage in the febrile Holyrood election drama.

HEALTH chiefs have warned of a deteriorating situation in Moray amid reports that some people are failing to self-isolate and breaching rules on indoor gatherings.

Artists impressions show how the completed £115million Avenues project will transform Glasgow city centre.

ALEX Salmond has appeared to downplay the prospects for his Alba party, describing it as the “plucky underdog” of the election and omitting his “supermajority” mantra from his final pitch to voters.

EDINBURGH-based online ticketing and livestreaming platform, Citizen Ticket, has secured a partnership with leading Scottish production company, Cameron to provide clients across the country with tech support to deliver livestream events.

An article written by the former SNP MSP, George Kerevan last year caught my eye.

INEQUALITY in Scotland will "last until doomsday" under the SNP and the party should "make way" for Scottish Labour, Gordon Brown has said.

FORMER administrators of Rangers are fighting the liquidators of the business who are suing them for £56.8m because they believe they should have conducted a "bonkers" strategy which would "effectively shut the club down for good".

A NEW poll has put the SNP on course for an overall majority, but warned the result remains “hanging in the balance” as up to a fifth of voters say they could still change their mind.

AND so ends the most boring or, if you will, the most significant Scottish election in at least a decade.

PART of a busy city centre shopping street has been taped off by police.

The chances of the SNP winning a majority in the Scottish Parliament could come down to nine key battleground constituencies, polling expert Sir John Curtice has said.

OVER the past week, 23% of our electricity came from renewable energy, two-thirds of it wind-powered.

EDINBURGH University is becoming an embarrassment to Scotland. Having renamed the David Hume Tower after woke protests they have now suspended and shamed a liberal anthropology lecturer for daring to say things that most people think.

THE Scottish Tories have warned an SNP majority and a second independence referendum would "wreck" the economic recovery as they highlighted an endorsement from a former Labour minister.

A KEY strategist behind Ruth Davidson's political image is now advising Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.

More than 40 cases of coronavirus have been linked to a school in Moray.

WILLIE Rennie has claimed his party is “on the brink” of picking up seats from the Borders to the Highlands, despite it being becalmed in the polls.

Twenty of Scotland's council areas recorded no coronavirus deaths in the last seven days, according to the latest weekly figures.

A Labour councillor and prominent trade unionist is locked in a legal battle with Police Scotland over claims he tried to further his political career while he should have been working for them.

The worst polling for the SNP since October 2019 reveals the party could miss out on a majority by six seats in the Holyrood election.

A new river park to complement retail will form part of a plan to drive post-Covid economic recovery in Glasgow city centre.

NEARLY half of people in Scotland receiving a "strong" positive test result for Covid had no obvious symptoms of infection.