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Events from the year 2006 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- First Minister and Keeper of the Great Seal – Jack McConnell[1]
- Secretary of State for Scotland – Alistair Darling until 5 May; then Douglas Alexander[2]
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
January
- 1 January – Transport Scotland begins operations as an agency of the Scottish Executive.[10][11]
- 7 January – Charles Kennedy, leader of the Liberal Democrats resigns after revelations that he has a drinking problem.[12]
February
- 9 February – Dunfermline and West Fife by-election: Willie Rennie of the Liberal Democrats is the winner.[13]
March
- 2 March –
- Sir Menzies Campbell is elected leader of the Liberal Democrats following an election caused by the resignation of Charles Kennedy.[14]
- Four people are injured in an explosion in a GlaxoSmithKline factory in Irvine, North Ayrshire.[15]
- 15–26 March – Scotland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.[16]
- 28 March – Royal Regiment of Scotland created;[17][18] King's Own Scottish Borderers[19] and The Royal Scots[20] disbanded.
April
- 27 April – Moray by-election: Richard Lochhead holds the seat in the Scottish Parliament for the Scottish National Party.[21]
May
- 30 May – Scottish TV and Grampian TV both relaunched under the new name of STV.[22]
July
- 4 July - Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd: Scottish Socialist Party MSP Tommy Sheridan begins an action for defamation against the News of the World at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.[23] Sheridan's case is upheld but he is later prosecuted for perjury.
August
- 21 August – the first modern solely Gaelic-medium school to offer secondary education, Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu, is opened at Woodside in Glasgow.[24]
- Scotland's first offshore wind turbine is installed in the Beatrice Wind Farm, 24 km (15 mi; 13 nmi) offshore in the Moray Firth.[25]
- The Scottish crossbill is finally confirmed as a unique species.[26]
September
- 3 September – establishment of Solidarity – Scotland's Socialist Movement, a breakaway from the Scottish Socialist Party.[27]
- 18 September – the Clyde Arc, a pedestrian/cycle bridge over the River Clyde at Finnieston, is officially opened.[28]
October
- 5 October – Rt. Hon. Elish Angiolini, QC, appointed as Lord Advocate. She is the first woman, first procurator fiscal, and the first solicitor to be appointed to the post.[3]
- 11–13 October – multi-party political talks on Northern Ireland are held in St Andrews, resulting in the St Andrews Agreement.[29]
November
- 8 November – three men of Pakistani origin sentenced to life imprisonment for the racist murder of Kriss Donald in Glasgow.[30]
- 25–26 November – Aberdeen Cup tennis tournament.[31]
- 30 November – residents of Benbecula take control of a large part of the island in a community buy-out.[32]
Deaths
- 5 January – Rachel Squire, Labour MP (born 1954)[33]
- 31 January – Moira Shearer, ballet dancer and actress (born 1926)[34]
- 9 February – Ena Lamont Stewart, playwright (born 1912)[35]
- 10 February – John Prentice, football player and manager (born 1926)[36]
- 28 February – Hugh McCartney, Labour MP (born 1920)[37]
- 3 March – Ivor Cutler, poet, songwriter and humourist (born 1923)[38]
- 12 March – Jimmy Johnstone, footballer; member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame (born 1944)[39]
- 21 March – Margaret Ewing, Scottish National Party MSP and former MP (born 1945)[40]
- 27 March – Ian Hamilton Finlay, writer, artist and gardener (born 1925)[41]
- 9 April – Robin Orr, composer (born 1909)[42]
- 13 April – Muriel Spark, novelist (born 1918)[43]
- 15 April – Calum Kennedy, singer (born 1928)[44]
- 8 May – Iain Macmillan, photographer and author (born 1938)[45]
- 17 May – Eric Forth, Conservative MP (born 1944)[46]
- 6 July – Tom Weir, climber, author and broadcaster (born 1914)[47]
- 30 August – Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, Conservative and Unionist MP (born 1922)[48]
- 15 September – Douglas Henderson, Scottish National Party MP (born 1935)[49]
- 3 October – Lucilla Andrews, romantic novelist (born 1919 in Egypt)[50]
Arts
- February – National Theatre of Scotland established as a peripatetic company.[51]
- 1 August – Gregory Burke's play Black Watch is first performed, by the National Theatre of Scotland at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
- Hamish MacDonald self-publishes The Willies and Idea in Stone.[52]
- James Robertson publishes The Testament of Gideon Mack.
See also
References
- ↑ "Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ Committee, Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Scottish Affairs (2008). Experience of the Scottish Elections: Fifth Report of Session 2007-08 : Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence. The Stationery Office. p. 81. ISBN 9780215520463.
- 1 2 3 Carrell, Severin (5 October 2006). "The Guardian profile: Scotland's first woman lord advocate Elish Angiolini". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Former Solicitor General to be floating sheriff". www.journalonline.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Baroness Clark of Calton". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Scottish Advocate Lord Davidson peerage". Scotsman. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Lord Hamilton to Retire". www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Scotland's senior judge to retire". BBC News. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Legal grounds: call the Scottish Land Court …". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Transport Scotland". Scottish Government. 29 November 2005. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ Transport Scotland Freedom of Information (FoI) Publication Scheme Archived 5 August 2012 at archive.today www.transportscotland.gov.uk, accessed 26 September 2011
- ↑ Embattled Kennedy quits as leader. BBC News, 7 January 2006
- ↑ Branigan, Tania (10 February 2006). "Lib Dems stun Labour in byelection triumph". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Support for new Lib Dems leader". BBC News. 2 March 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Four in hospital after drug factory blast". The Independent. 2 March 2006. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "2006 Commonwealth teams list". BBC Sport. 21 February 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Regiment awarded freedom of city". BBC News. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Royal Regiment of Scotland". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "The National Archives". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "History - The Royal Scots". www.theroyalscots.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ SNP sweeps to v ictory in by-election Moray majority rises as Tory hopes dashed www.heraldscotland.com, 28 April 2006
- ↑ Holmwood, Leigh (30 May 2006). "Grampian TV brand consigned to history". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Thomas Sheridan Against News Group Newspapers Limited". www.scotcourts.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ Opening day for new Gaelic school BBC News, 21 August 2006
- ↑ "Wind turbine floated to deepwater". BBC News. 21 August 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Status of 'UK's only endemic bird species' confirmed", RSPB Scotland
- ↑ "New socialist party launched in Scotland". The Socialist. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "'Squinty' bridge open to vehicles". BBC News. 18 September 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "The St Andrews Agreement, October 2006 - GOV.UK". gov.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Trio jailed for Kriss race murder". BBC News. 8 November 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Aberdeen Cup 2006". Archived from the original on 29 August 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2006.
- ↑ "Land buyout reality for islanders". BBC News. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ White, Michael (9 January 2006). "Obituary: Rachel Squire". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ Clarke, Mary (2 February 2006). "Obituary: Moira Shearer". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Ena Lamont Stewart". Scotsman. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Ex-Scotland manager Prentice dies". BBC News. 10 February 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Hugh McCartney". The Times. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ Espiner, Mark (7 March 2006). "Obituary: Ivor Cutler". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ Glanville, Brian (14 March 2006). "Obituary: Jimmy Johnstone". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ Wilson, Brian (23 March 2006). "Obituary: Margaret Ewing". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Ian Hamilton Finlay 1925-2006". Tate. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ McDonald, Tim (14 April 2006). "Obituary: Robin Orr". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ Turner, Jenny (17 April 2006). "Obituary: Dame Muriel Spark". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ Wilson, Brian (21 April 2006). "Obituary: Calum Kennedy". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Iain MacMillan". Scotsman. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ White, Michael; Roth, Andrew (18 May 2006). "Obituary: Eric Forth". the Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ↑ "Tom Weir: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ↑ "Lord Monro obituary". The Telegraph. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ↑ Wilson, Brian (25 September 2006). "Obituary: Douglas Henderson". the Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ↑ "Lucilla Andrews". The Independent. 27 October 2006. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ↑ "National Theatre of Scotland". the Guardian. 27 February 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Hamish MacDonald: Books, Biography, Blogs, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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