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A number of British medics are reported to have travelled from Sudan to Syria to work in hospitals in areas controlled by Islamic State (IS).
The students were part of a group of 11 people who crossed into Syria last week without warning their parents, Turkish MP Mehmet Ali Ediboglu told Sky News.
Mr Ediboglu, who is assisting the families, said seven members of the group have British passports.
The others are an American, a Canadian and two Sudanese students.
One of the women informed her family of the trip via WhatsApp, he said.
The British students had been studying in Sudan because their parents wanted them to experience a more Islamic culture, but they were born and raised in Britain.
One of the girls, Lena Maumoon Abdulqadir, sent her sister a WhatsApp message with a picture of her smiling on a bus saying: "Don't worry about us, we've reached Turkey and are on our way to volunteer helping wounded Syrian people."
A tank at the Turkey-Syria border. (Pic: File)
All of the students are sending daily messages to their families reassuring them they are OK, but there is no indication where they are, the MP told Sky News.
Some of the students' families are concerned the group may have gone to help by working as doctors for a militant group, possibly IS.
"She was living in (Africa) a land which needs a lot of doctors everywhere," Lena's father Maumoon Abdulqadir told Turkey's Birgün newspaper.
"Why would she go all the way to Syria for volunteering?"
Mr Ediboglu understands the group flew from Khartoum to Istanbul and then travelled by bus to the border.
He earlier told The Observer newspaper the students had travelled to Syria to "help, not to fight".
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are providing consular assistance to the families.
"We have informed the Turkish police to try to ascertain their whereabouts.
"The best way for the public to help is to donate to or otherwise support UK-registered charities with ongoing relief operations."
The Home Office said: "The UK advises against all travel to Syria and parts of Iraq.
"Anyone who does travel to these areas, even for humanitarian reasons, is putting themselves in considerable danger."
It comes as British authorities continue efforts to trace three missing schoolgirls from east London who left Britain to join IS.
By Poppy Trowbridge, Consumer Affairs Correspondent
Political parties are being urged to commit to a ban on the sale of so-called legal highs in their manifestos, or risk putting thousands of young people at risk ahead of the summer music festival season.
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) says MPs have been "too slow" in recognising the dangers and legislating to protect consumers from such products, despite the public's desire for a ban.
According to new research seen by Sky News, three-quarters of the public want the sale of legal highs on the high street to be banned.
Shirley Cramer, chief executive of the RSPH, said politicians have not made the issue a big enough priority and as a result have "put a lot of people at risk".
MPs have asked festivals to put their own legal high bans in operation
She told Sky News: "Particularly at this time of the year, with the election fast approaching, a ban on legal highs is not included in the manifestos and we believe that would really be something the public would welcome."
The RSPH says consumer protection regulations should be enforced to remove legal products which are marketed in a misleading way.
Furthermore, it says the marketing of products with brand names such as White Stuff, Go-Caine and Mary Jane normalises drug taking.
Ms Cramer added: "Disclaimers that these products are not for human consumption are merely a fig leaf and it is highly irresponsible for them to be marketed in a 'nudge-nudge, wink-wink' manner."
Around three million people attend summer music festivals each year, according to research by Festival Insights, and 23% of festival-goers have taken drugs at an event.
The RSPH believe the number of those who could be tempted to try legal highs is even greater.
There were 101 new substances recorded in 2014, and at least 60 deaths related to legal highs.
Paul Reed, general manager of The Association of Independent Festivals, told Sky News: "The problem is many people equate 'legal' with 'safe'.
"We'd welcome legal changes that would make these substances less available."
Part of the difficulty in legislating against specific legal high substances is that the formulas are often slightly tweaked and then they are put back on the market.
While the Government is developing proposals for a general ban on the sale of legal highs, no specific plan has been put in place. Yet MPs have written to festivals asking them to put their own bans in operation.
Britain's political leaders will take part in a series of televised election programmes, including a seven-way debate, and starting with a live question and answer session hosted by Sky News and Channel 4.
David Cameron and Ed Miliband will both appear in the first event, held on Thursday 26 March from 9pm until 10.30pm. It will be jointly presented by Kay Burley and Jeremy Paxman, but there will be no head-to-head as originally proposed by the broadcasters.
The only full debate will be on 2 April, and hosted by ITV, involving seven party leaders including those from UKIP, the Greens, the SNP and Plaid Cymru.
:: Be part of the studio audience
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has not been invited to a third event to be held on 16 April that will see all the "opposition" leaders clash.
However, he will be part of a final question time session on 30 April, one week before polling day, in which the leaders of the Lib Dems, Conservatives and Labour will be separately grilled by a studio audience.
Video:The Battle For Number 10
Although the leaders will all turn up at the events, a number have expressed frustration about the process and the final outcome.
A Labour source said it was "ludicrous" that Mr Cameron and Mr Miliband would attend the same programme and take questions from the same audience, but not debate face-to-face. They accused the Prime Minister of "cowardice" for dodging a head to head.
A Lib Dem source said the process had been a "farce" but said the party had always been clear that Mr Clegg would turn up to any debates that he was invited to.
He accused other parties, led by the Conservatives, of trying to "duck" the clashes, and admitted he would have preferred it if the Lib Dem leader was invited to the debate between opposition leaders.
Video:Leaders' Debates - The Key Dates
That event was proposed originally as a "challengers debate", excluding the Conservatives, Labour, and Lib Dems, but it is understood that Mr Miliband insisted on taking part.
However, the Lib Dems were not also invited - perhaps because that would appear to empty chair the Prime Minister.
Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader, launched a tirade on twitter, writing: "#TVdebates are now so far from the original proposals. Broadcasters should be ashamed. They've kowtowed to manipulation from Downing Street."
He added: "Public deserve proper #TVdebates but now fobbed off, playing into hands of 1 party. It's a smack in the face of democracy and I am appalled."
Video:Ed Miliband On Cameron Q&A
He and others felt too much had been compromised for the Prime Minister since the first proposal from broadcasters for a two-way, three-way and four-way debate, including Labour, the Tories, Lib Dems and UKIP.
Mr Cameron started by insisting on the Green party taking part, leading to a new proposal including two seven-way debates. He then said that he would not take part in events during the short election campaign.
Although he had said a head-to-head debate was credible, he finally said he would only sign up to one multi-party debate before the campaign starts on Monday 30 March.
A Number 10 source was happy with the final result.
Video:Sky News To Host 'Chancellors' Q&A
"If anything, this is an improvement on the deal we were offered last week. The PM has always believed too many debates would suck the life out of the campaign. In all these formats, we are confident the choice between competence and chaos will be clear," he said.
John Ryley, Head of Sky News, said: "We are extremely pleased that the Conservative and Labour party leaders have agreed to take part in a programme that will kick start the election campaign and put the two people most likely to be the next Prime Minister under scrutiny in front of millions of viewers across the UK."
The event that will most closely resemble the 2010 election debates will be held on 2 April, and aired on ITV.
But instead of including just three leaders it will have seven, including Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage, the Greens' Natalie Bennett, SNP's Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood from Plaid Cymru.
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A spokesperson for the broadcasters said: "We're delighted that there will be a debate with all the party leaders during the election campaign. The debate on 2nd April will build on the success of the 2010 TV debates which were so highly valued by viewers.
"We're very pleased to be able to offer viewers an extensive range of programmes, across the four channels, featuring the party leaders interacting directly with voters during the campaign."
Bedfordshire Police have confirmed that smugglers attempted to use a drone to send drugs, screwdrivers, a knife and a mobile phone to inmates at a high-security prison.
The package containing the contraband was only spotted by staff after the remote-controlled aircraft became entangled in barbed wire surrounding Bedford Prison.
A spokesman for the force said: "Both the device and the contents of the package are currently being examined and investigations are ongoing."
This is believed to be the first attempt to use a drone for smuggling a package into a UK prison.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons has already warned that preventing the trafficking of unauthorised substances is one of the biggest challenges that jail guards face.
The unmanned aerial vehicles are causing a headache for aviation and security officials, and the Government is yet to introduce tighter regulations surrounding drones.
A 42-year-old man is due to appear in court next month on suspicion of flying a drone over key London landmarks without seeking permission from the Civil Aviation Authority.
In December, the British Airline Pilots Association warned that drones could cause a major collision with a passenger plane unless tougher rules are enforced.
Families of soldiers killed fighting for the British military have said the sacrifice of their loved ones should be acknowledged in the General Election.
A letter sent to the leaders of the main political parties by some 60 families said they had been "swept under the carpet" and asked for five pledges in their election manifestos.
Among their requests is a commitment to hold an Afghan inquiry and to give the next Defence Minister responsibility for bereaved families as part of their portfolio.
Julie Philips' lost her husband Michael in Sierra Leone
The letter also demands a review of the Armed Forces Covenant and military wills.
"We believe this is essential in demonstrating your commitment to those who have been prepared to lay down their lives for the greater good of our country," the letter reads.
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"The families left behind and to future generations prepared to make those same selfless sacrifices as their commitment to our country and its people."
Lucy Aldridge's son William was killed in Afghanistan in 2009. Rifleman Aldridge was the youngest British soldier to die in the conflict. She is one of the signatories.
"There is nobody there. There is no recognition that there is a lack of support and has been for decades. Successive governments have forgotten about us," she said.
"Because deaths in the military are so often sudden and violent, bereaved families can suffer from a very acute form of depression after the loss of their loved ones. We feel there is very little understanding of that from the authorities we turn to for help."
The group wants politicians to recognise that their situation is unique.
Julie Philips' husband Michael was the only British soldier killed in Sierra Leone.
She said: "We do need the support. It's not just about financial support. It's about having somebody there who can oversee and say right, these forces families have all been through the same thing.
"It doesn't matter if it is Iraq, Afghan, an accident, or suicide. If there was support there, then more families could come together."
Families of dead soldiers are often subject to intense media attention at the time. They have to watch the coffin return in a public repatriation which is often broadcast on television, and must attend an inquest into their death often months if not years after the event.
Many of them have created an informal forum on Facebook to share advice and support. There is no official Government or Military equivalent.
Unable to cope with her loss, Ms Aldridge attempted suicide in 2013.
"It isn't just our loved ones who serve, we serve too," she said.
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"We're the ones pacing the floor when they're deployed. We're the ones concerned about getting that knock on the door, and when it does happen you hope there will be some long-term support to help you, and there just isn't.
"It feels like once a conflict is over and the publicity dies down, our loved ones are remembered on memorials but we're forgotten about and our concerns are swept under the carpet.
"We need to learn from past conflicts. I'm finding more families are coming up with the same issues and there just isn't anyone to represent us who can look at those issues and actually deal with them."
David Cameron has written to the families and promised the Conservatives will consider the suggestions for their forthcoming manifesto.
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Ed Miliband has told Sky News that he will write to the families shortly.
"The whole country honours the memories of members of the Armed Forces who pay the ultimate sacrifice in defending us," he said.
"We must also honour bereaved families who must live with the grief of having lost a son or daughter, father or mother, husband or wife.
"We are very grateful for the proposals put forward by Bereaved Military Families Support UK. We will examine them in detail and respond to the specific suggestions."
A cap on mobile phone bills run up by thieves after handsets are stolen will bring relief to millions of consumers, campaigners say.
Five service providers - EE, O2, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone - say the £100 cap will be activated providing the phone is reported lost or stolen within 24 hours of it going missing.
Consumer groups welcomed the move which they said would protect victims of crime from the added frustration of receiving huge bills.
Citizens Advice chief executive Gillian Guy said: "Victims of phone crime should not be paying excessive bills run up by thieves.
"A cap on bills from stolen mobile phones will come as much-needed relief to consumers targeted by phone fraudsters. Citizens Advice has been calling for a cap to be put in place after helping consumers landed with bills as high as £23,000.
Video:Keeping Your Mobile Phone Secure
"We will be keeping a close eye on the phone providers' caps to see if they do really protect phone crime victims from the worst bills."
Among other measures to protect consumers the five firms have drawn up a code of conduct which will oblige them to:
:: Provide clear pricing information and alerts when consumers reach data bundle limits.
:: Provide information on how to avoid roaming charges.
:: Provide a barring function so users can protect themselves against unauthorised or inadvertent calls to premium rate services and in-app purchases.
Kip Meek, of EE, said: "We advise customers to protect their phone as they would their wallet and make full use of the security features, including SIM lock.
"If a phone is lost or stolen, however, it is crucial customers let us know as soon as possible - we have a 24 hour hotline so customers can report loss or theft at any time."
Video:Mobile Phones Costs Fall Abroad
An O2 spokesman said: "This cap builds on the safety and security advice we already give to customers and should provide additional peace of mind if their phone goes missing."
Mark Bond, customer operations director at Vodafone UK, said: "We will continue to do everything we can to protect customers from theft and believe our new cap will improve our customers' experience at what can be a upsetting time."
Hamish MacLeod, chair of the Mobile Broadband Group, said: "This announcement is a major new protection for customers and is in line with the industry's long standing commitment to help our customers protect their mobile and its contents."
Ed Vaizey, Minister for the Digital Economy, said: "By working with the mobile operators, we have secured an agreement that will provide consumers with real benefits as well as offer peace of mind."
It comes as the number of smartphone thefts has plummeted thanks to so-called kill switches.
Apple, Samsung and Google have all implemented techniques for owners to effectively render a phone useless if it is stolen. As a result, smartphone thefts have fallen by half in London.
London Mayor Boris Johnson added: "We have made real progress in tackling the smartphone theft epidemic that was affecting many major cities just two years ago."
A Tory election candidate has been suspended for allegedly plotting to win votes by taking credit for stopping an EDL protest.
Afzal Amin is accused by the Mail on Sunday of collaborating with the English Defence League (EDL) to announce a protest march against the building of a "mega-mosque".
The plan was for the protest to be scrapped with Mr Amin taking credit for defusing the situation, the newspaper reports.
Former EDL leader Tommy Robinson reportedly blew the whistle on the claims
The candidate is said to have outlined his plan to former EDL leader Tommy Robinson and current EDL chairman Steve Eddowes at an Indian restaurant in Birmingham on Monday, weeks after a real EDL demonstration in Dudley which led to 30 arrests.
"This is my fantasy," he says in secretly recorded footage. "If I could demonstrate to the people in Dudley that I can be a positive voice for community cohesion... then that would help me a lot in the forthcoming election."
Video:Tory Election Candidate Suspended
The Muslim candidate, who had been selected to stand in the Dudley North constituency which has a Labour majority of 649, was also recorded promising he would subsequently be an "unshakeable ally" for the EDL in parliament.
In a recorded phone call with Mr Robinson, Mr Amin also says he needs two "white" canvassers to help his campaign for election.
"I need two white, working class lads to go round those areas to say to people, 'You support the Army, if you support the troops then vote for this guy'. That's what I need," he said.
When Mr Robinson raises the question of payment Mr Amin makes it clear it is illegal to pay people to canvass during elections.
But when it is suggested the men can be paid indirectly through Mr Robinson, Mr Amin replies: "Yes of course, of course".
Sky's political correspondent Anushka Asthana said: "He was filmed doing something extraordinary; trying to persuade the EDL to say they are going to hold a rally against a mega-mosque in Dudley then getting them to call it off so he can take the credit for it.
"He suggested paying EDL members to help get him support in the area and the party have suspended him after an emergency meeting of the committee that deals with selections for candidates.
"He will have a chance to make his case on Tuesday but, as I understand it, the Prime Minister will support whatever decision it comes to. They are taking it seriously and this is clearly bad news for them."
Video:Tory Suspended Over EDL Claims
A Conservative Party spokesman confirmed Mr Amin had been suspended as a candidate following an emergency meeting, adding the party viewed the matter as "extremely serious".
Mr Amin had been due to take on sitting Labour MP Ian Austin in the election on 7 May.
Four days ago Mr Amin tweeted: "This General Election could be one of the most important of our lifetime. Now is not the time to lose faith in politics."
Speaking to the Independent on Sunday, Mr Amin said the Mail on Sunday had taken "small snippets" of more than 57 hours of meetings between the Muslim community, the EDL leadership and himself.
He said the meetings had been designed to "prevent further inter-communal tensions and violence".
He said: "The EDL marched in Dudley in February 2015, despite our best efforts to stop this. The march cost UK tax payers £1m, and there was no way that I wanted this to happen again.
"I continued my engagement with Tommy Robinson to prevent another march. There was an opportunity for me to use my experience as a strategist in Kandahar by getting people to talk face to face and then recount to their communities what was discussed and that a settlement was agreed."
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Shane Walford was jailed for the manslaughter of an off-duty fireman
A convicted killer who was on the run after breaching his probation has been arrested in the Canary Islands by Spanish police.
Shane Walford was tracked down just five days after his name was included in a list of Britain's 10 most wanted fugitives.
The 38-year-old was jailed in 2010 for the manslaughter of an off-duty fireman while he was on leave from the Army.
An ex-soldier and former boxer, Walford killed Paul Gibbons, a father-of-two, with a single punch outside a bar in Coventry.
He had been sentenced to four-and-a-half years, but was recalled to prison by West Midlands Police in 2013.
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Gallery: Britain's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Mohammed Jahangir Alam, 32: Wanted by Gloucestershire Police for rape and sexual assault. Alam, who is from Bangladesh, arrived in the UK on a temporary visa in October 2007
Paul Buchanan, 29: Wanted by West Mercia Police on suspicion of attempted rape. Originally from New York
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Carlo Dawson, 52: Wanted by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of indecent assault and making indecent photographs of a child
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Paul Monk, 54: Wanted by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to supply cannabis. Monk, from Romford, Essex, was allegedly involved in the handover of 1kg of cocaine in London
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Anthony Dennis, 47: Wanted by the National Crime Agency on suspicion of conspiracy to commit drug trafficking offences outside the UK and conspiracy to import class A drugs. Believed to be the lead member of an organised crime group
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The National Crime Agency is continuing to ask for help from expats and holidaymakers in finding other wanted criminals - including a rapist, a suspected child abuser and a drug trafficker.
Hank Cole, the NCA's head of international operations, said: "Some of them continue to be a danger to the public.
"Spain is not a safe haven for British fugitives. The NCA and its partners will continue to pursue these individuals relentlessly and return them to the UK to face justice."
All of the men are the subject of European arrest warrants. Some, like Walford, have already been convicted, whereas others are wanted to face trial.
Inspector Olga Lizana, who heads up Spain's fugitive unit, added that although the country can seem like a good place for criminals to hide, there's no guarantee that wanted fugitives will blend in with British communities.
"We are catching more and more, so it is not a safe place for them to be," she warned.
Many expats resent how their communities have been dubbed the "Costa del Crime" because of the problem, with broadcaster Giles Brown insisting "we are not just a bunch of disinterested sun worshippers knocking back gin and tonics".
:: Anyone with information can contact Crimestoppers by phone free and anonymously from Spain on 900 555 111, from the UK on 0800 555 111, or online at Crimestoppers.
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Shane Walford was jailed for the manslaughter of an off-duty fireman
A convicted killer who was on the run after breaching his probation has been arrested in the Canary Islands by Spanish police.
Shane Walford was tracked down just five days after his name was included in a list of Britain's 10 most wanted fugitives.
The 38-year-old was jailed in 2010 for the manslaughter of an off-duty fireman while he was on leave from the Army.
An ex-soldier and former boxer, Walford killed Paul Gibbons, a father-of-two, with a single punch outside a bar in Coventry.
He had been sentenced to four-and-a-half years, but was recalled to prison by West Midlands Police in 2013.
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Gallery: Britain's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Mohammed Jahangir Alam, 32: Wanted by Gloucestershire Police for rape and sexual assault. Alam, who is from Bangladesh, arrived in the UK on a temporary visa in October 2007
Paul Buchanan, 29: Wanted by West Mercia Police on suspicion of attempted rape. Originally from New York
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Carlo Dawson, 52: Wanted by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of indecent assault and making indecent photographs of a child
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Paul Monk, 54: Wanted by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to supply cannabis. Monk, from Romford, Essex, was allegedly involved in the handover of 1kg of cocaine in London
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Anthony Dennis, 47: Wanted by the National Crime Agency on suspicion of conspiracy to commit drug trafficking offences outside the UK and conspiracy to import class A drugs. Believed to be the lead member of an organised crime group
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The National Crime Agency is continuing to ask for help from expats and holidaymakers in finding other wanted criminals - including a rapist, a suspected child abuser and a drug trafficker.
Hank Cole, the NCA's head of international operations, said: "Some of them continue to be a danger to the public.
"Spain is not a safe haven for British fugitives. The NCA and its partners will continue to pursue these individuals relentlessly and return them to the UK to face justice."
All of the men are the subject of European arrest warrants. Some, like Walford, have already been convicted, whereas others are wanted to face trial.
Inspector Olga Lizana, who heads up Spain's fugitive unit, added that although the country can seem like a good place for criminals to hide, there's no guarantee that wanted fugitives will blend in with British communities.
"We are catching more and more, so it is not a safe place for them to be," she warned.
Many expats resent how their communities have been dubbed the "Costa del Crime" because of the problem, with broadcaster Giles Brown insisting "we are not just a bunch of disinterested sun worshippers knocking back gin and tonics".
:: Anyone with information can contact Crimestoppers by phone free and anonymously from Spain on 900 555 111, from the UK on 0800 555 111, or online at Crimestoppers.
Alex Salmond has said Labour would have to agree to ditch Trident and the austerity agenda, and extend HS2 to Scotland if Ed Miliband wants the SNP to put him in power.
The former Scottish First Minister told Sky's Murnaghan programme he could see his party signing up to a "confidence and supply" agreement with Labour.
But he set out a shopping list of demands the SNP would make including steering Labour against signing up to the Tories austerity agenda and having a say over what was included in any Budget.
Scrapping the Trident nuclear deterrent, which is based in Faslane, would be another red line for the nationalists, he said earlier.
Mr Salmond says Mr Miliband has caved to Tory pressure
And he indicated the SNP would also use high speed rail as another bargaining chip - insisting HS2 started in Scotland and not the north of England.
Mr Salmond said he could see the SNP working with Mr Miliband's party on a "vote-by-vote" basis.
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He told Sky News: "What I think is possible is a confidence and supply arrangement where we have a limited number of objectives and in return we would vote for Budgets. More probable is a vote-by-vote arrangement."
And he added: "If there was a confidence and supply arrangement we would move, or attempt to move, the Labour Party away from signing up to the Tory austerity agenda."
Earlier Mr Salmond had told the Andrew Marr Show he hoped the election would result in a "tartan bloc" on the "green benches at Westminster".
He said: "Hopefully that decisive bloc of SNP MPs will move the Labour Party in a different direction.
"I think there is lots of people - certainly lots of people in Scotland.. but I think people across these islands are pretty fed up with the duopoly at Westminster and might want to see politics a bit more interesting, where parties have to work for their votes and have to justify things on a vote by vote basis to the people of the country.
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"I think lots of people will find that a much more exciting and productive system of politics."
Mr Salmond told Murnaghan he would not lead the SNP in the House of Commons, if he was elected in May as MP for Gordon, and Angus Robertson and Nicola Sturgeon would lead any coalition negotiations.
He added that Mr Miliband should not have ruled out a formal coalition with the SNP because the Tories were "making fun of him".
The Tories responded by putting out a new attack add which depicted Mr Miliband as a puppet dancing to Mr Salmond's "tune".
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Scottish Labour Party leader Jim Murphy told Sky News the only thing Mr Salmond had the "balance of power" to do was to return David Cameron to No 10 for a second term.
Advancing the Labour argument that a vote for the SNP was a vote for the Tories, he said people would take a "dim view" if the Tory leader got back in "by accident" because SNP took the Labour vote in Scotland.
When he was asked if he was frightened of Mr Salmon, Mr Murphy replied: "I'm frightened of no one."
Conservative Defence Minister Anna Soubry said she had found Mr Salmond's interview with Andrew Marr "terrifying".
She said: "The audacity is astonishing. There was a wonderful debate in Scotland, you lost it. We are a United Kingdom, that is what the people of Scotland wanted.
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"Because of the inadequacies of Labour north of the border you guys are now in the position where you can be the power broker."
John Lamont MSP, Scottish Conservative chief whip said: "Four weeks before postal ballots go out, Alex Salmond is taking the votes of people in Scotland for granted and planning back-room deals with Labour from a TV sofa in London. Even for him, this is stunning arrogance."
The remains of King Richard III are being paraded through Leicestershire, more than 500 years after his death in battle.
A number of services and a procession are under way ahead of the reinterment at Leicester Cathedral on Thursday.
The cortege, which started at Leicester University, will transport the former monarch in a specially designed coffin.
Michael Ibsen, a descendant of Richard III, with the coffin
It will visit key locations associated with the King's last few days before his death at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
Public ceremonies and services will be held in Dadlington, Sutton Cheney, Bosworth Battlefield and Market Bosworth before returning to Leicester.
Video:Richard III Final Journey
More than 600 people gathered along the university exit, with some bearing flags depicting Richard's royal standard.
As the cortege made its way through country lanes nearing the field of Bosworth, people stopped by the roadside to take pictures.
The remains will later arrive back in Leicester at its old medieval boundary of Bow Bridge, before being taken around the city centre and onto the cathedral on top of a horse-drawn carriage.
The man who designed the coffin is a descendant of Richard III who helped identify his remains through DNA testing.
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Gallery: Richard III Begins His Final Journey
The remains of the last Plantagenet king, Richard III, are paraded through Leicestershire ahead of his burial
The skeleton was found under a council car park in 2012 on the first day of a three-week dig at the site of an old Franciscan Friary
