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Scottish government organising private plane to repatriate Alex Salmond's body after request to use RAF rejected

The Scottish government is chartering a flight to repatriate Alex Salmond's body after the Foreign Office rejected requests for the RAF to get involved, Sky News understands.

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Body of Alex Salmond to be flown home in plane chartered by Scottish Government

Friends and political allies of Salmond have called for the RAF to fly his body home but this was reportedly rejected as he was a private citizen at the time of his death in North Macedonia.

The Associated Press on MSN · 3d

Ex-Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who nearly got Scotland's independence from UK, dies at 69

LONDON -- Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for decades championed Scotland’s independence from the U.K. and nearly accomplished it, has died. He was 69.

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Scottish bishops calling on government to respect right to life for the unborn

Scotland’s bishops say the “prevailing anti-life culture” denies the “inescapable truth of abortion” – it is the “deliberate ...

Tributes laid at Scottish Parliament after sudden death of Alex Salmond as flags fly at half-mast

TRIBUTES have been laid at the Scottish Parliament following the sudden death of former First Minister Alex Salmond. The Alba leader passed away after delivering a speech at a leadership ...

Labour rebellion as Scottish Parliament votes to demand Keir Starmer Winter Fuel U-turn

A number of Labour MSPs failed to back their own party's opposing motion, as the Scottish parliament condemned Westminster's ...

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Scottish Parliament backs reversal of UK winter fuel payment cut

MSPs voted in favour of a Scottish Government motion, laid by First Minister John Swinney, stating the “UK Government must ...

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Lanark minister's audience with the King at Scottish Parliament 25th anniversary

Rev Bryan Kerr of Greyfriars Church was nominated to attend as Clydesdale's local hero in honour of his community work ...

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Scottish National Party expels MP over controversial comments on Israeli onslaught on Gaza

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has expelled a member of the Scottish Parliament following controversial comments the ...

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