Quirky World ... Salmond cannot boldly go where he wants

ENGLAND: Alex Salmond found himself in a bizarre stand-off with airline staff after booking a flight ticket under the name James T Kirk — the captain of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise.

The former Scottish first minister faced embarrassment when British Airways refused to let him board a flight at Heathrow under the sci-fi alias.

It took a series of phonecalls for the senior politician to persuade the airline that he should be allowed on board.