Backing for indy falls in polling
SUPPORT for Scottish independence has dropped to 50% for the first time since June last year, a new poll suggests.
A Survation survey of 1000 Scots for the Sunday Mail found that support for a Yes vote has fallen.
According to the poll, when undecided voters are removed, support evens out at 50% for both sides.
When undecided voters are included, however, the Yes supporting side loses its lead by 44% to 43%, with 13% people saying they do not yet know how they would vote.
A Survation poll done for the Scot Goes Pop blog in January gave independence supporters a 51% to 49% edge.
Pamela Nash, the chief executive of Scotland in Union, said: “It’s welcome that support for remaining in the UK is on the rise.
“People are recognising that as we navigate out of the Covid crisis with a successful UK-wide vaccination programme, we are stronger together.”
But SNP depute leader Keith Brown has said polls are tightening as May’s Holyrood elections near.
He said: “The SNP continues to have Scotland’s best interest at heart, and will work hard every day to maintain the trust and confidence of the Scottish people.
“The people of Scotland have shown, in poll after poll and election after election, that they place their trust in Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP to lead Scotland through the coronavirus pandemic and beyond.”
TWO teenagers have been arrested and charged in connection with an attempted murder after an incident in Thornliebank.
Emergency services were called to Boydstone Road, nearby the train station, on Friday night at around 11.10am.
A 15-year-old was found seriously injured and was taken to hospital in critical condition.
The two boys, aged 15 and 16, are due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court today.
A report is being submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
GLASGOW’S biggest social housing landlord is looking for university leavers to join its graduate programme.
Wheatley Group, which includes Glasgow Housing Association (GHA), wants 10 people for its two-year Ignite scheme.
Graduates will work across Wheatley’s social housing and property-management subsidiaries, including GHA in Glasgow, Dunedin Canmore and West Lothian Housing Partnership in the east and Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership in the south.
Lesley Wilkinson, Wheatley director of employee relations, said: “Our housing graduates will play a vital role in the heart of Wheatley communities, making a real difference to people’s lives.”
Laura MacLean, 29, joined the graduate scheme last year after gaining a PhD in Architecture and Urban Planning.
She said: “The Ignite scheme has provided a setting for me to develop personally and professionally and to form a career I can be proud of.”
More information is on the Wheatley Group’s website.