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LONDON (AP) – Scotland’s former first minister, Alex Salmond, said Friday he is setting up a new pro-independence party that will field candidates in the country’s upcoming elections.

A Scotland-wide ‘Clap for Nicola’ event is being organised for Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister and the leader of the left-separatist Scottish National Party (SNP).

(AP) – A jury on Monday cleared former Scottish leader Alex Salmond of all sex-crimes charges he was facing in an Edinburgh court. Jurors had retired to consider their verdicts on Friday. Salmond, 65, denied all 13 alleged sexual offenses,

A woman who has accused Alex Salmond of assaulting her in 2014 said that she was too frightened to initially come forward because the former leader of the devolved Scottish parliament was “a very powerful man”, Edinburgh’s High Court has heard.

LONDON (AP) — Former Scottish leader Alex Salmond, one of the country’s best-known politicians, appeared in court on Thursday on charges including attempted rape and sexual assault.

LONDON (AP) — Alex Salmond, the former leader of Scotland, is promising to take legal action against the Scottish government over the way it handled sexual harassment allegations against him.

The Government has committed to scrapping the Fisheries Convention of 1964, allowing Britain to take back control of its territorial waters from the EU out to twelve miles – but fishermen are concerned that failure to commit to reclaiming the country’s full, 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) signals an impending betrayal.

Former SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has dismissed the Conservatives’ “presumptuous” ambitions to capture his Gordon constituency on June 8th as “vainglorious boasts”.

SNP MPs representing fishing communities where support for Brexit is strong have broken ranks with the Europhile party line, signing a pledge calling on Scotland to leave the EU and take back its fishing waters.

The Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has hinted that Tony Blair may be tried for war crimes in a Scottish court, following the publication of the Chilcot Inquiry. Speaking ahead of the long-anticipated Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War

AFP – If Britain votes to leave the European Union in a referendum next month it could trigger a second ballot on Scottish independence within two years, senior Scottish separatist Alex Salmond told AFP. Salmond, 61, who led the Scottish

LONDON (AP) — The former first minister of Scotland says a second referendum on Scottish independence is “inevitable.” Legislator Alex Salmond told BBC Sunday that the British government has not followed through on post-referendum promises to give Scotland more powers.

Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond faces losing his seat if David Cameron succeeds in pushing through his planned reforms of parliamentary boundaries. Other big beasts facing the axe include Cameron’s former leadership rival David Davis as well former cabinet

Power hungry Alex Salmond has a new demand – he wants control of the BBC in Scotland to be brought under the purview of the Scottish Parliament, effectively turning the independent broadcaster into a state propaganda machine for the Scottish

The Conservatives have launched a new attack ad against Alex Salmond and Ed Miliband. The film shows the former Scottish National Party (SNP) leader travelling to London to make Ed Miliband “dance to his tune”. It was posted on social