Some 51 per cent of Scots wanted to stay in the United Kingdom in the research by YouGov excluding those who were not sure - the reverse of the result it had in November.
The mother of a five-year-old girl who was shot dead in the Dunblane massacre has revealed she still has her daughter s lunch money and snack from that day .
Lynne McMaster dropped her daughter Victoria Clydesdale off at Dunblane Primary School, Stirling, on the morning of March 13, 1996.
But shortly after 9.30am, teacher Gwen Mayor and 16 pupils - including Victoria - were killed when Thomas Hamilton, 43, burst through the gym doors and fired off 105 shots in quick succession, before turning the two handguns on himself.
In ITV s Return To Dunblane with Lorraine Kelly, which airs tonight at 9pm to mark the 25th anniversary of the tragedy, Lynne reveals how she s never parted with any of her daughter s belongings and still feels guilty for sending her to school.
NICOLA STURGEON has pledged to put Scottish independence at the heart of the SNP election campaign. But amid a furious battle among Scottish political parties, Express.co.uk is asking: Should Boris Johnson boycott a Sturgeon-led independence referendum?
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SNP ministers have developed the Steadfastly European, Scotland s past, present and future strategy which outlines how the Scottish Government will move forward with a second independence vote and rejoin the EU in an independent Scotland. But nationalist ministers were last night accused of “stoking division across Scotland” after the strategy was published yesterday.
But “low paid” care workers have yet to receive their payment despite NHS staff being paid.
391,000 social care staff are due to receive the full payment whilst those working part-time would receive a partial amount based on their hours of work.
COSLA, which represents Scottish Councils said they were working with the SNP led Scottish Government to put in place “practical processes for the implementation of their policy.”
SNP ministers at Holyrood are also coming under increasing pressure from nursing Unions after a 1 percent pay rise was offered to Scottish NHS frontline workers.
Nicola Sturgeon announced plans to hand health workers a £500 bonus (Image: GETTY)