Peter Higgs, a giant of British science who came up with the idea of the Higgs boson particle, has died aged 94.

He was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 2013 for his revolutionary work showing how the boson helps bind the universe together.

A statement from Edinburgh university said he died in Edinburgh on Monday.

It called him a “truly gifted scientist whose vision and imagination have enriched our knowledge of the world that surrounds us.”

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