3 d. ago Politician Elaine Morgan, mother of First Minister, has died

Her daughter, Eluned Morgan, is the first woman to be First Minister of Wales

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1 week ago Alex Salmond died with debts of nearly £350,000, formal notice reveals

The former first minister Alex Salmond died of a heart attack at a conference in North Macedonia last year

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1 week ago Alex Salmond's widow Moira could be forced to sell family home to pay off debts

This comes after reports Alex Salmond, the former first minister, died ‘virtually penniless’

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3 w. ago World’s first AI minister ‘pregnant with 83 children’, Albanian prime minister says

The world’s first AI minister is “pregnant with 83 children”, Albania’s prime minister has announced.

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3 w. ago Vigil held for Scots who died in custody as families plea for FAI abolishment

Families of victims who died in police custody have written to First Minister John Swinney and held a vigil at his official residence Bute House.

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3 w. ago ‘At night, his guitar comes into my mind’: Amadou and Mariam’s surviving singer on life after losing her husband and musical partner

As Amadou and Mariam, the blind couple tenaciously carved out a career as one of Africa’s biggest global acts. Now, after Amadou’s death this year, his wife tells the story of their first posthumous albumOn 4 April, Amadou Bagayoko died suddenly, aged 70, in Bamako, Mali. The country’s ministry of culture announced the news. Thousands attended the funeral, including former collaborators Manu Chao, Youssou N’Dour, Malian–French rapper Mokobé and Congolese superstar Fally Ipupa, all paying homage to a man they knew as an uncle, a blues-guitar giant, a leader, a friend.“I miss him so much,” says Mariam Doumbia, his wife and musical partner of 44 years in the duo Amadou and Mariam. “We did everything together. We travelled together. We composed together. The sound of his guitar is always between my two ears. Especially at night, it comes into my mind. Even right now, I just heard it.” Continue reading...

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