TRIBUTES poured in for former first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond after his sudden death on Saturday.

The 69-year-old died of a suspected heart attack during lunch after delivering a speech at a conference in North Macedonia.

Mr Salmond served as Scotland’s first minister from 2007 to 2017 and led the Scottish National Party twice: from 1990 to 2000, and from 2004 to 2014.