BBC News | SNP | SNP conference: Picture gallery

The Scottish National Party has been staging its sixty sixth annual conference in Inverness.
The conference has been dominated by the decision of convener Alex Salmond to stand down and the election of his successor, a new deputy leader and other office bearers.

News Online captures some of the dominant images from the Inverness gathering.

Alex Salmond's speech was well received

Alex Salmond waits to be let back into the hall

Alex Salmond chatted to delegates while waiting to return to the hall

The mood of the evacuees was relaxed

The leadership hopefuls set out their respective stalls

The SNP has not had it all its own way at the conference

Suspended treasurer Ian Blackford (right) is interviewed by a BBC reporter

Banners for rival leadership candidates on the banks of the River Ness


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