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Mr Salmond has been described as a 'monumental' figure in the Scottish politics with a career spanning over 30 years.

The Alba party leader was speaking in North Macedonia when he had a suspected heart attack and is survived by his wife, Moira ...

The Scottish Parliament has “lost the plot” by backing plans to provide free bus travel to asylum seekers while pensioners’ ...

Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer: "The SNP will need to convince us that the package we agree will actually be delivered. The Scottish ...

The former SNP leader Alex Salmond, who was the First Minister of Scotland between 2007 and 2014, has died at the age of 69, ...

Scotland’s former leader Alex Salmond, a figurehead of the independence movement, has died at the age of 69, the Scottish ...

"He may now be portrayed as a gradualist but that’s a mistake.  He is a pragmatist rather than a gradualist – he would advance rapidly ...

The King has said he is “greatly saddened” to hear of the sudden death of Alex Salmond, Scotland’s first SNP first minister, ...

Mark Logan charged Scottish Government up to £18,578 per month in first two years of contract ...

The thing about being holier than thou is that you actually have to be holier. Stephen Flynn, the SNP’s leader at Westminster ...

Former first minister Sturgeon said she 'cannot pretend' the events of the past few years did not happen, but said Alex ...