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Nicola Sturgeon: I did not pay much attention to protest by Alba MPs

Scotland’s First Minister said she “didn’t pay much attention” to a protest that resulted in two of her former MPs being suspended from the House of Commons. Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill, who defected to the Alba Party last year after it was ...

14 Jul 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Salmond says next Holyrood election should be ‘vehicle’ for independence views

Alex Salmond’s Alba Party have said the next Holyrood election should be used as a “vehicle” for the Scottish people to express their view on independence. In contrast, Nicola Sturgeon has said she will treat the next general election as a “de ...

11 Dec 2022 at 13:05

Lord Advocate welcomes Lockerbie bombing arrest

Scotland’s top law officer has welcomed the arrest of a man suspected of the Lockerbie bombing. US officials said on Sunday that Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi had been detained on suspicion of building the bomb which downed Pan Am ...

12 Dec 2022 at 17:49

Scotland

Judge-led inquiry into Crown Office needed over warrant in SNP probe – MacAskill

A judge-led inquiry should examine the Crown Office’s role in the granting of a warrant to search Nicola Sturgeon’s house and SNP HQ, Alba MP Kenny MacAskill has said. It comes after the Scottish Sun reported that police requested the search ...

16 May 2023 at 16:34

Salmond’s coffin draped in Saltire as plane to return him to Scotland takes off

Alex Salmond’s coffin was draped in a Saltire ahead of the plane bringing him home to Scotland taking off. Mr Salmond died on Saturday from a heart attack while speaking at a conference in the city of Ohrid in the country’s south west. The ...

18 Oct 2024 at 12:46

Alex Salmond remembered as ‘outstanding’ politician and ‘dear friend’ at funeral

Former first minister Alex Salmond has been remembered as not just the political leader who took Scotland “so close to his dream of independence”, but as a “dear friend”. Tributes were paid to the 69-year-old at a funeral service on ...

30 Oct 2024 at 08:15

Salmond’s funeral to be held on October 29

Former first minister Alex Salmond’s funeral will be held on October 29, it has been confirmed. The former SNP leader died in North Macedonia earlier this month after suffering a heart attack. His body was repatriated – on a flight ...

22 Oct 2024 at 11:22

Alex Salmond’s funeral to take place near his Aberdeenshire home

The funeral of Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond will take place near his home in Aberdeenshire on Tuesday. Family and close friends of Mr Salmond will attend the service at Strichen Parish Church, which will be ...

29 Oct 2024 at 00:02

Scotland

Salmond government feared prisoners could sue for overcrowding, papers show

Alex Salmond’s government in 2008 feared prisoners could sue ministers due to overcrowding, cabinet papers have revealed. In the first year of the SNP’s time in charge, the prison population reached an all time high in ...

01 Jan 2024 at 00:01

Lockerbie bomb suspect will not face death penalty

The man suspected of building the bomb that downed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 – killing 270 people – will not face the death penalty, a US court has heard. Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi ...

12 Dec 2022 at 23:35

Kenny MacAskill says he has ‘always believed’ Masud is Lockerbie bomber

Former Scottish justice secretary Kenny MacAskill said he has “always believed” Libyan national Abu Agila Masud of being involved in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. Mr MacAskill came under fire for his decision to ...

21 Dec 2024 at 11:51

Scotland

Hundreds march in Glasgow in pro-independence rally

Hundreds of Scots marched through Glasgow’s city centre in support of the independence movement. Pro-independence backers gathered at Kelvingrove Park on Saturday to take part in the March for Independence to ...

04 May 2024 at 14:14

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