Alex Salmond’s body is set to be flown home by a private individual after calls for the RAF to conduct the repatriation were rejected. Friends and political allies of the former first minister had said that the military should return Mr Salmond to Scotland,

The former first minister of Scotland died on Saturday, at the age of 69, during a trip to Ohrid in North Macedonia. UK MPs had been among those calling for the Royal Air Force to help out with bringing his body back home.

The body of former first minister Alex Salmond will be flown back to Scotland on Friday, the Alba Party has confirmed. An unnamed private individual has paid for a chartered flight to repatriate the body of the Alba Party leader from North Macedonia.

Alex Salmond's body is ready to be brought home to Scotland, officials in North Macedonia have said. The Alba Party founder and ex-SNP leader and first minister died of a heart attack while attending a conference on Saturday.

The body of Alex Salmond, Scotland’s former first minister who died during a conference in North Macedonia, will soon be returned by special flight to Scotland.

The former first minister died of a heart attack while attending a conference in North Macedonia.

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.

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.