Polls Open For General Election At 7am

The polls are open from 7am in the 2015 General Election today.

There are more than 2,500 polling places around Scotland; mostly schools, church halls and council buildings which will remain open for voting until 10pm tonight.

Votes are cast marking an X next to the candidate then posted in one of more than 5-thousand ballot boxes.

Voters are being warned against taking selfies while they're voting as photography is prohibited inside polling places.