The body of Alex Salmond, Scotland's former first minister, has arrived back in Scotland on a plane which landed at Aberdeen Airport. His coffin, flown from North Macedonia, was greeted by members of his family, new Alba Party leader Kenny MacAskill and a lone piper.

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

The privately chartered flight, paid for by businessman Sir Tom Hunter, landed at Aberdeen Airport on Friday afternoon.

The plane carrying the body of the former first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond has taken off from North Macedonia, bound for Aberdeen. 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 private charter flight landed in Aberdeen at 2pm after he suffered a heart attack and died shortly after giving a

The UK government has been urged to allow the RAF to fly the ex-first minister's body directly to Scotland.

Alex Salmond, former First Minister of Scotland, dies of heart attack in North Macedonia at 69, efforts underway to repatriate his body.

ALEX Salmond’s body will be flown back to Scotland on a charter flight with support from a private citizen. The former first minister died on Saturday in North Macedonia and his family has been working on arrangements to bring his body home.

A private individual is paying for a charter flight to bring Alex Salmond’s body back to Scotland from North Macedonia. The former first minister died suddenly from a heart attack in the Balkan country on Saturday at the age of 69.