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Events

January

February

March

April

  • 2 April – Stand-up comedian Janey Godley wins the inaugural Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.[54]
  • 4 April – Data produced by Public Health Scotland indicated that one in three people referred with urgent suspicion of cancer are waiting longer than the target date of 62 days.[55]
  • 5 April – Police arrest former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell as part of their investigation into the party's finances, but release him without charge pending further investigation.[56]
  • 6 April – Following a trial at the
    High Court in Edinburgh, Kashif Anwar is convicted of the murder of his pregnant wife, Fawziyah Javed, who he pushed from a rocky outcrop on Arthur's Seat, during a holiday in Edinburgh in September 2021. He is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 20 years.[57]
  • 7 April
    • BBC News reports that Johnston Carmichael, the accountants who audit the SNP's accounts, have resigned from the role, citing a their decision to do so as having been taken following a review of their clients.[58]
    • The Unite union announces that around 1,300 offshore workers are to stage a 48-hour strike from 24 April over pa, affecting production at dozens of oil and gas platforms.[59]
    • Around 100 workers at Rosyth Dockyard belonging to Unite have voted to strike between 17 April and 10 July in a disagreement with their employers over pay.[60]
  • 8 April – SNP president Mike Russell tells The Herald newspaper he does not think Scottish independence can be achieved "right now", and that the party is facing its biggest crisis for 50 years.[61]
  • 12 April
  • 13 April – Representatives from
    Scottish FA meet to discuss the broadcasting of men's football in Scotland, the rights of which are owned by Viaplay until 2028. The meeting, to discuss showing free-to-air matches, ends without resolution, but is described by Gavin Newlands MP as encouraging.[64]
  • 15 April –
  • 16 April
    • The Sunday Mail publishes leaked video purporting to show Nicola Sturgeon playing down concerns about the SNP's finances.[67]
    • The SNP says that its finances are "in balance" following reports the party is facing a financial crisis.[68]
  • 18 April – SNP treasurer Colin Beattie is arrested and questioned by Police Scotland in connection with their ongoing investigation into the party's finances.[69]
  • 19 April – Colin Beattie resigns as SNP treasurer with immediate effect.[70]
  • 22 April – Police Scotland make several arrests at Ayr Racecourse as the protest group Animal Rising attempts to disrupt the Scottish Grand National by invading the course. The race is temporarily delayed but goes ahead, with the race being won by Kitty's Light.[71] 24 people are subsequently charged in connection with the disruption.[72]
  • 25 April – The Scottish Government introduces the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill, which includes measures to scrap the verdict of not proven and to reduce the number of jurors in Scottish trials from 15 to 12; bringing Scots law in line with England. The bill will also provides for a pilot scheme whereby some rape trials will be held without a jury.[73]
  • 28 April
  • 29 April – The constituency Labour parties of
    Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar to make a formal complaint about the selection process for candidates, after being "inundated" with complaints by local members about a "lack of transparency".[76]

May

  • 1 May – Former US President Donald Trump arrives in Aberdeen to visit his Scottish golf properties.[77]
  • 2 May – The Scottish Government reverses plans to give £46m to colleges and universities, having identified the money as an "essential saving".[78]
  • 3 May – The SNP signs a contract with a new auditor, Manchester-based AMS Accountants Group.[79]
  • 4 May – Deputy First Minister Shona Robison confirms the Scottish Government will go ahead with its pledge to provide free school meals for all primary school pupils in Scotland.[80]
  • 5 May – Junior doctors in Scotland vote to stage a three-day strike over their demand for a 23.5% above inflation pay increase from the Scottish Government.[81]
  • 10 May – UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urges the Scottish Government to re-think its plans to introduce Highly Protected Marine Areas in Scottish waters, which would restrict fishing and other human activities to preserve the environment.[82]
  • 12 May –
    transgender people.[83]
  • 15 May –
    driverless bus service on the Forth Road Bridge, believed to be the world's first.[84]
  • 16 May – COVID-19 in Scotland: The rules requiring people to wear face masks in Scottish care homes and healthcare settings come to an end after three years.[85]
  • 17 May
  • 20 May – The Annual General Meeting of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland hears that hundreds of churches may have to close as a result of falling numbers of attendees and income.[88]
  • 21 May – Ten people are injured, and two are taken to hospital, after a bus crashes into a bridge in Glasgow and has its roof torn off.[89]
  • 22 May
    • The Scottish Government offers junior doctors in Scotland a 14.5% pay rise.[90]
    • Margaret Ferrier loses her appeal against a proposed 30 day ban from the House of Commons over her breach of COVID-19 rules in September 2020.[91]
  • 24 May
  • 25 May – Responding to the outcome of a review of Police Scotland, its chief constable, Sir Ian Livingstone, says the force is institutionally sexist, racist and discriminatory.[94]
  • 27 May – First Minister Humza Yousaf accuses the UK government of sabotaging a pilot recycling scheme, the Deposit Return Scheme, by excluding glass from the project, glass having been a key part of Scottish proposals for the scheme.[95]
  • 31 May
    • Thomas Henderson, who along with his co-accused, murdered a man during a botched robbery at the deceased man's Dundee flat, is sentenced to life prison ent th a minimum of 18 years.[96]
    • A huge wildfire covering 30 square miles (80 km2), possibly the largest ever seen in the UK, is brought under control by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service at Cannich in the Highlands.[97]

June

July

August

September

October

  • 1 October – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces £20m of levelling up funding to help regenerate seven Scottish towns that are described as having been overlooked.[203]
  • 2 October – ScotRail begins a six months trial during which peak time train fares are scrapped.[204]
  • 3 October –
    reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) is likely to have been used in hundreds of properties in the city.[205]
  • 4 October – Police Scotland pays £60,000 compensation to four traffic officers told to shave off their beards before the force implemented its delayed proposals for a clean shaven policy.[206]
  • 5 October – Labour's Michael Shanks wins the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election.[207]
  • 6 October – Police Scotland scraps plans to recruit an extra 200 officers in January 2024 as it attempts to save costs following a projected overspend of £19m.[208]
  • 7 October –
    • The Met Office issues an amber weather alert for heavy rain in Scotland, while roads and train services are disrupted by flooding.[209]
    • Ten people are airlifted to safety after heavy rain causes landslides on two roads in Argyll.[210]
  • 9 October –
    • Bernard Cowan, a grandfather who grew up in the Glasgow area, is confirmed as one of the people killed during
      a series of attacks launched by Hamas against Israel on 7 October.[211]
    • Humza Yousaf, the First Minister of Scotland, condemns the attacks and expresses concern for his in-laws, who are "trapped" in Gaza after travelling there to visit relatives.[212]
    • The
      Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) approves the weight loss drug semaglutide for use by NHS Scotland.[213]
  • 10 October – After making contact with his parents-in-law in Gaza, Humza Yousaf calls for a humanitarian corridor to be established.[214]
  • 11 October –
    • Sean Hogg, who was given a 270-hour community order after being found guilty of twice raping a 13-year-old girl when he was 17, has the conviction quashed on appeal after prosecutors admit making mistakes during the original trial.[215]
    • Police are investigating fresh revelations about the Bible John killings after a podcast, Bible John: Portrait of the Serial Killer, alleged a cover up by police at the time, and that the perpetrator could be John Irvine McInnes, the cousin of a senior police officer.[216]
  • 12 October –
  • 13 October – After sharing a video of his mother-in-law, Elizabeth El-Nakla, describing the situation in Gaza, First Minister Humza Yousaf says that Israel is "going too far" and that innocent civilians can not simply be "collateral damage".[220]
  • 14 October –
  • 15 October – First Minister Humza Yousaf signals a change in his party's Scottish independence strategy, now saying that an SNP win in a majority of Scotland's Westminster seats would give the party a mandate to begin independence negotiations with the Westminster Government.[223]
  • 17 October –
  • 18 October –
    • The Met Office issues a red weather warning for Scotland ahead of the arrival of Storm Babet, which is expected to bring heavy rain and flooding.[226]
    • Following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh, Andrew Miller, also known as Amy George, is sentenced to 20 years in prison after he was convicted of abducting a 13-year-old girl and subjecting her to a series of sexual assaults while holding her captive.[227]
  • 24 October –
    • Data from National Records of Scotland indicates there were 24,427 deaths in Scotland between December 2022 and March 2023, 11% higher than the previous year, and the highest number since the winter of 1989–90.[228]
    • Jason Grant, who was hired as Scotland's first period dignity officer in 2022 but then lost the post after it was discontinued amid controversy over the appointment of a male, has settled with his employers out of court for a case of sex discrimination.[229]
  • 24 October – Anas Sarwar, the leader of Scottish Labour, accuses Israel of a "clear breach" of international law in Gaza and says there is "no justification for the withholding of essential supplies" from the people of Gaza. His comments come after a number of Scottish Labour resignations by officials who disagree with Keir Starmer's stance on the conflict.[230]
  • 25 October – Christopher McGowan is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 23 years for the murder of his girlfriend of eight weeks, Claire Inglis, which took place after he was bailed to her address.[231]
  • 26 October –
  • 27 October – Former Health Secretary Alex Neil calls for an urgent review of the use of WhatsApp by government following revelations that National Clinical Director Jason Leitch deleted messages on a daily basis during the pandemic; he also says that many government ministers did not understand the rules for using the app.[235]
  • 28 October –
    2023 SNP leadership election, defects to the Alba Party after becoming disillusioned with what she describes as the SNP's "wavering commitment" to Scottish independence.[236]
  • 29 October –
  • 30 October – First Minister Humza Yousaf says that allegations he deleted WhatsApp messages relating to the COVID-19 pandemic are "certainly not true".[239]
  • 31 October – Scotland's Deputy First Minister, Shona Robison, confirms that Scottish Government will hand 14,000 electronic messages relating to the pandemic to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry.[240]

November

December

Deaths

See also

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