Family and friends of Alex Salmond, including Alba colleague Kenny MacAskill, stood in a silent guard of honour for the former first minister. Once the coffin is loaded into the hearse by the funeral director, the friends and family get into a black car.

The body of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is on its way back to Scotland on a private jet, six days after the politician died suddenly in North Macedonia

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 North Macedonia.

Mr Salmond's wife Moira was sat inside a funeral car during the short ceremony at the airport. A small group of people with saltire flags had gathered near the terminal building ahead of the flight's arrival.

The body of former Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond was repatriated on a plane flying from North Macedonia to Aberdeen International Airport on Friday afternoon. Salmond was speaking at the Academy of National Diplomacy conference in south east Europe just minutes before he suffered a serious heart attack.

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.

A plane carrying Alex Salmond's body has left North Macedonia and is being flown back to Scotland. The former first minister's coffin was draped in a Saltire by Alba party colleag