2011 in Scotland

2011
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Scotland

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2011 in: The UK England Wales Ireland Elsewhere
Scottish football: 2010–11 2011–12
2011 in Scottish television

Events from the year 2011 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

Judiciary

Events

January

February

March

April

May

This is the first time ever that any party has secured a majority since devolution was established in 1999.[21]

June

July

August

  • 10 August – Police from Scotland are being sent to England to help combat riots and disorder.[29]
  • 31 August – Critics of the proposed £400,000,000 Aberdeen bypass, who have already delayed the project since it won approval in December 2009, decide to press ahead with a fresh legal challenge after a recent appeal at the Court of Session was rejected.[30]

September

October

  • 12 October – Insurance companies fail in a legal bid to scrap the right of people in Scotland to claim damages for an asbestos-related condition that had been legislated for by the Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) (Scotland) Act 2009.[33]
  • 13 OctoberBP has been given the go ahead to proceed with a new £4.5bn oil project west of the Shetland Islands.[34]
  • 19 October – Discovery of the Port an Eilean Mhòir boat burial, the UK mainland's first fully intact Viking ship burial site, at Ardnamurchan in the western Scottish Highlands, is announced.[35]
  • 20 October – A BBC Scotland investigation claims to have uncovered evidence of alleged criminality in the past business dealings of the new owner of Rangers, Craig Whyte.[36]
  • 25 October – Scottish gun crime falls to 32-year low.[37]
  • 26 October – Labour MP Ian Davidson, chairman of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee apologises for 'any offence that might have been caused' after SNP MP Dr Eilidh Whiteford accused him of threatening that she would get "a doing" if discussions from a behind-closed-doors meeting of the committee were leaked to the media.[38]
  • 27 October – Edinburgh City Council vote to proceed with plans for a Gaelic school in the city.[39]

November

December

Deaths

The arts

See also

References

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  2. Morris, Bridget (2 January 2011). "The United Nations is to examine the ownership of the remote islet of Rockall in the Western Isles within weeks after Denmark staked a claim to it". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  3. McArdle, Helen (3 January 2011). "Explosion kills Scots regiment soldier in Helmand". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
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  30. Aberdeen bypass set for renewed legal challenge BBC News, 31 August 2011
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