Alex Salmond served as first minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014 and was leader of the Scottish National Party on two occasions.

Former Scotland first minister and current Alba Party leader Alex Salmond has died after reportedly being taken ill while giving a speech in North Macedonia. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar saying he was “a central figure in politics for over three decades”.

The body of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has arrived in Scotland after being transferred from North Macedonia.

Whilst he and I disagreed on some of his ambitions, Alex Salmond devoted his life to Scotland and the Scottish people and as such he, and importantly

Scotland’s former First Minsiter Alex Salmond died after giving a speech in North Macedonia today. Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) for 20 years, the 69-year-old was a major figure in the campaign for Scottish independence.

The former SNP and current Alba Party leader died on Saturday afternoon from a suspected heart attack in North Macedonia.

He led the Scottish National Party twice, guiding it from a fringe political group into a powerful electoral force in Britain.

Mr Salmond's wife Moira was sat inside a funeral car during the short ceremony at the airport. A small group of people with saltire flags had gathered near the terminal building ahead of the flight's arrival.

The body of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond was flown back to Scotland on a private jet Friday, six days after the politician died suddenly in North Macedonia.

The body of former Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond was repatriated on a plane flying from North Macedonia to Aberdeen International Airport on Friday afternoon. Salmond was speaking at the Academy of National Diplomacy conference in south east Europe just minutes before he suffered a serious heart attack.