▽The Times ●10/13 06:19 SearchSaturday October 12 2024Alex Salmond, former first minister of Scotland, dies aged 69Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland, has died aged 69. He collapsed after delivering a speech in North Macedonia. A towering and divisive figure in UK politics, Salmond was the leader of the Scottish National Party as he dragged it from opposition into government at Holyrood in 2007. That