New poll predicts whether SNP will secure majority

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Ipsos MORI poll puts SNP on course for Holyrood majority while Alba set to struggle to win seats

New polling suggests the SNP is on course to win a majority in the upcoming Scottish Parliamentary elections, while Alex Salmond’s Alba could struggle to gain a single seat.

The survey, conducted between March 29 and April 4, also showed the Scottish Conservatives in a distant second place in the constituency race.

Read the latest here.

Under-30s should be offered alternative jab to Oxford's AstraZeneca vaccine, UK government ministers warn

People under the age of 30 should be offered an alternative jag to the AstraZeneca vaccine, UK government advisers have warned.

The government's Joint Committee on vaccinations and immunisation have made the announcement today amid the concerns there had been a link between the jag and extremely rare blood clots.

Read what they had to say in a press conference today.

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