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The Latest Breaking News from Alex Salmond

Five-year jail sentence marks final disgrace for former SNP supremo Murrell

Murrell admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from SNP coffers over a 12-year period.

Evening Standard

Scottish Government handling of Salmond files release ‘shambolic’ – FOI chief

The Scottish Government was admonished by the Court of Session this week.

Evening Standard

Court reprimands Scottish Government over FOI response delay on Salmond files

The Court of Session said Scottish ministers had shown ‘a lack of proper respect’ for the Information Commissioner.

Evening Standard

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The rise and fall of Peter Murrell who embezzled £400k from SNP

Murrell oversaw the party’s rocketing rise in popularity and a large influx of new members around the 2014 independence referendum

The Independent UK

Arrival in prison van marks total fall from grace for SNP supremo Peter Murrell

The SNP’s long-standing chief executive was once half of Scotland’s most influential power couple.

Evening Standard

Why is there still no answer to the key question which sparked SNP police probe?

PETER Murrell has pleaded guilty to embezzlement. But look at some corners of the Scottish press, and you’d be forgiven for thinking ...

The National (Scotland)

Who is Peter Murrell? The disgraced SNP chief executive and Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband who embezzled £400k

As the SNP’s long-standing chief executive, Murrell oversaw the party’s rocketing rise in popularity and a large influx of new members

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Who is Peter Murrell? SNP supremo and estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon

The SNP’s long-standing chief executive was once half of Scotland’s most influential power couple.

Evening Standard

Reform UK ‘in it to win it’ at Holyrood election, leader Lord Offord declares

Lord Malcolm Offord said Reform could win constituency seats at Holyrood as well as return regional list MSPs.

Evening Standard

Nicola Sturgeon alludes to new relationship with ‘secret rendezvous’ comments

The former Scottish first minister has also opened up on the end of her marriage

The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon opens up on arrest, divorce and ‘secret rendezvous’

The former Scottish first minister discussed her personal and professional life on STV’s The Assembly.

Evening Standard

Alba party to wind up and not contest Scottish election

Pro-independence party formed by Alex Salmond in 2021 had suffered membership fall and financial crisis

The Guardian - UK

Sturgeon inquiry documents ‘speak for themselves’ – Swinney

The files show the former first minister accused Alex Salmond of ‘a bit of a revenge mission’.

Evening Standard

Thousands of pages of documents from Nicola Sturgeon inquiry published

The papers relate to an investigation into whether the former first minister breached the ministerial code.

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Financial woe means Alba Party ‘unlikely’ to fight election, leader says

Leader Kenny MacAskill said the Alba Party may be unable to re-register with the Electoral Commission.

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Millionaire takes over legal rights to Salmond case against Scottish Government

The former first minister took action against the Government, naming Nicola Sturgeon and former top civil servant Leslie Evans specifically.

Evening Standard

Findlay: Swinney is grasping at straws over documents detailing Sturgeon probe

The Scottish Tory leader accused the Scottish Government of being ‘addicted to secrecy’.

Evening Standard

Scottish Government faces legal action over Nicola Sturgeon inquiry evidence

The Information Commissioner had given the Government until Thursday to release the material, but it did not do so.

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Government issued contempt of court warning over Sturgeon investigation ruling

The Scottish Information Commissioner said the Scottish Government’s actions were disrespectful to the public and reflected poorly on ministers.

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Ministers considered holding indyref on same day as 2011 election, papers reveal

The matter was considered – but ultimately rejected – by then first minister Alex Salmond’s cabinet in 2010.

Evening Standard

Scottish Government ‘wrongly withheld’ information from Sturgeon breach probe

The Information Commissioner ordered the release of some evidence from an investigation into whether Nicola Sturgeon breached the ministerial code.

The Independent UK

Alan Cumming: I’ve seen Nicola Sturgeon blossom since she quit as first minister

The 60-year-old said the former SNP leader seemed happier and ‘more relaxed’ when he saw her recently.

Evening Standard

Specialist appointed to handle Alex Salmond’s ‘effective bankruptcy’

A trustee in sequestration has been appointed to manage the former Scottish first minister’s affairs following his death in 2024.

The Independent UK

Mystery of missing Stone of Destiny fragments solved

The 152kg block was spirited away from Westminster Abbey by a group of Scottish nationalist students

Evening Standard

Salmond’s estate seeks effective bankruptcy over costs of court action

The former first minister successfully took the Scottish Government to court and was acquitted of a raft of sexual misconduct charges.

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