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Events from the year 2025 in Scotland.

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January

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  • 1 January –
  • 3 January – Public Health Scotland data released for the week ending 29 December shows the number of hospital admissions for flu has increased by 12% in a week, with influenza present in 52.6 per 100,000 people.[7]
  • 6 January – A 2.9 magnitude earthquake is recorded in Kinloch, 19 miles north west of Oban.[8]
  • 7 January – A fresh yellow weather alert for snow and ice is issued for large parts of Scotland, starting from midday and lasting for 24 hours.[9]
  • 8 January –
  • 9 January –
    • Following a trial at the High Court of Justiciary in Glasgow, the members of a Romanian grooming gang, consisting of four men and one woman, are convicted of the rape of ten women between 2021 and 2022.[14]
    • Former First Minister Humza Yousaf accuses Twitter owner Elon Musk of trying to inflame racial tensions after he posted about the murder of a Glasgow schoolboy.[15]
    • A pair of lynx released illegally are recaptured in the Cairngorms National Park. A second pair are found in the same area the following day.[16]
  • 10 January – The UK records its coldest temperatures of the winter so far, with an overnight low of −14.5 °C (5.9 °F) in Altnaharra, northern Scotland.[17]
  • 11 January –
  • 12 January – Police focus their search for missing sisters Eliza and Henrietta Huszti on the River Dee.[21]
  • 13 January –
    • In a social media post, former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces that she and Peter Murrell, the former SNP chief executive, have "decided to end" their marriage and have been separated for some time.[22]
    • The CalMac ferry MV Glen Sannox begins timetabled sailings on the Arran route.[23][24]
    • The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland says that four lynx illegally released in the Cairngorms National Park showed signs of starvation.[25]
    • Shell plc says it is investigating a "suspected unexploded ordnance" near the Far North Liquids and Associated Gas System (FLAGS) pipeline in the North Sea off Shetland.[26]
    • The Thistle, the UK's first drugs consumption clinic, opens in Glasgow.[27] It is used more than 130 times in its first week.[28]
  • 20 January – The bodies of a 36-year-old man and a six-year-old girl, later identified as Mark Gordon and his daughter Hope, are discovered at a house in West Lothian.[29][30]
  • 21 January – Perthshire teenager James Maris, who attempted to construct a semi-automatic rifle using a 3D printer he received for Christmas, is sentenced to 300 hours community service, along with a three-year supervision order and a twelve-month night time curfew.[31]
  • 22 January –
    • The Scottish Government scraps its flagship policy of launching a National Care Service, although the Social Care Minister confirms that a proposed National Care Service Bill will still be presented to Parliament.[32]
    • MSPs pass the Welfare of Dogs Bill, requiring a code of practice for getting a dog to be drawn up in the next twelve months.[33]
  • 23 January –
  • 24 January – Storm Éowyn makes landfall in Scotland, causing significant damage and disruption to public services including transport networks and schools. Wind speeds as high as 102 mph are recorded on the Tay Road Bridge, and approximately 117,000 homes across the country are left without power.[36]
  • 25 January –
    • The railway line between East Kilbride and Glasgow Central closes for 16 weeks for electrification work to be carried out. It is scheduled to reopen on 18 May.[37]
    • A 19-year-old man from East Ayrshire, Calum Carmichael,[38] dies from complications following a tree falling onto his car during Storm Éowyn on 23 January.[39]
  • 26 January – More than 14,000 homes across Scotland are still without electricity and power following Storm Éowyn.[39]
  • 27 January –
    • A notorious Glasgow paedophile gang of five men and two women are sentenced to lifelong terms in prison and warned they may never be released on parole.[40][41]
    • Police Scotland say they have completed a search of the River Dee in Aberdeen and that inquiries are ongoing on the investigation into the disappearance of two sisters.[42]
  • 28 January – Joe Fitzpatrick announces that he will not stand for re-election to the Scottish Parliament seat of Dundee City West at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.[43]
  • 29 January – The Scottish Government announces the early release of around 390 prisoners beginning in February as the latest measure to reduce the prison population.[44]
  • 30 January – The Court of Sessions in Edinburgh rules that licences for the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil fields were granted illegally, and that their owners must seek fresh approval from the UK government.[45]
  • 31 January –
    • Police in Aberdeen searching for two missing sisters announce the discovery of the bodies of two unidentified women near to where they were last seen.[46][47]
    • Transport for Scotland announces a 3.8% increase for train fares from April.[48]

February

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  • 1 February – Police confirm that a second woman's body has been discovered close to where two sisters disappeared in Aberdeen.[49]
  • 3 February –
    • Nurse Sandie Peggie starts to give evidence at an employment tribunal into her claims that being forced to change in the same changing room as a doctor who was born male but self-identified as female amounted to harassment under the Equality Act.[50]
    • First Minister John Swinney says there will be no ban on cats in Scotland after the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission suggested restricting them in some areas because of a potential "significant risk to wildlife populations".[51]
  • 4 February –
    • Teachers in Glasgow belonging to the Educational Institute of Scotland vote to strike over planned cuts to education funding.[52]
    • Aberdeen councillor Kairin van Sweeden of the SNP is cleared by the Ethical Standards Commissioner of breaching the code of conduct after describing Labour's Deena Tissera as a "new Scot" during an Aberdeen City Council meeting in 2023.[53]
  • 6 February –
    • BBC News reports the case of a woman from the Highlands who, after being assaulted by her husband, was unable to find a divorce lawyer to represent her through legal aid despite approaching 116 different law firms.[54]
    • Nickolas Chenier becomes the first person to be convicted under the Hunting With Dogs (Scotland) Act after pleading guilty at Wick Sheriff Court. He is fined £750 and banned from keeping a dog for five years after the animal attacked a deer while he was using it for illegal hare coursing.[55]
    • Chris McEleny is suspended as general secretary of the Alba Party following allegations of gross misconduct.[56]
  • 7 February –
    • First Minister John Swinney rules out the legal reintroduction of lynx into the wild in Scotland.[57]
    • Teachers in Glasgow schedule a strike for Thursday 20 February.[58] The strike is subsequently called off after Glasgow City Council agrees to drop its plans to go ahead with job cuts.[59]
    • Deaf teenager Niamdh Braid wins a legal case against Fife Council to have a British Sign Language interpreter in her class for school lessons.[60]
  • 11 February – Police confirm that two bodies found in a river in Aberdeen are those of missing twin sisters Henrietta and Eliza Huszti.[61]
  • 13 February –
  • 14 February – In a speech at the Munich Security Conference, US Vice President J D Vance criticises Scotland's Safe Access Zones Act, which provides buffer zones around abortion clinics, claiming people who live within safe access zones have been sent letters by the Scottish Government warning them about praying within their homes.[66] In response, the Scottish Government accuses Vance of "spreading misinformation" and says that no such letters have been sent out, while the Act would only cover "intentional or reckless behaviour". Green MSP Gillian Mackay, who drew up the legislation, describes the Vice President's comments as "shocking and shameless misinformation".[67]
  • 16 February – The Crown Office takes over the management of post mortem examinations in Aberdeen due to a shortage of qualified personnel in the city.[68]
  • 17 February – BBC Radio Scotland presenter Janice Forsyth announces she is stepping down from presenting after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease.[69]
  • 18 February –
    • Scotland begins the early release of a further 390 prisoners in an attempt to reduce overcrowding in the country's prisons.[70]
    • East Lothian Council becomes the first Scottish council to confirm a double-digit council tax increase, after announcing it will rise by 10% from April.[71]
  • 19 February – A 74-year-old woman becomes the first person to be arrested and charged under a Scottish law banning protests outside abortion clinics following an incident at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.[72]
  • 20 February – Five local authorities in Scotland confirm the largest council tax increases in two decades; they are North Lanarkshire and Scottish Borders (10%), Fife (8.2%), Edinburgh (8%) and Glasgow (7.5%).[73]
  • 21 February –
  • 22 February –
    • Scotland's first slap fight contest, scheduled to take place at Glasgow University Union, is cancelled following a health warning from a leading brain injury expert.[77]
    • A 40-year-old man dies after he is hit by an ambulance responding to an emergency call on the outskirts of Elgin in the early hours of the morning.[78]
  • 23 February – Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announces a further £200m investment in the Grangemouth Refinery site, which is scheduled to close later in the year, with the money aimed at repurposing the site for other industrial use.[79]
  • 24 February –
    • BBC News Scotland reports the official cause of death of twin sisters Henrietta and Eliza Huszti, whose bodies were found in the River Dee, as drowning.[80]
    • The body of Scottish businessman Campbell Scott, who disappeared while on a business trip to Kenya on 16 February, is found dumped in a sack. A murder investigation is launched by the country's police.[81][82]
  • 26 February –
    • Kevin Booth, a man who tortured vulnerable women in an underground dungeon at his home in the Highlands, becomes the first person to be given a worldwide travel ban by a court in Scotland.[83]
    • A wall collapses following an explosion at an electricity sub-station in Dundee city centre.[84]
  • 28 February –
    • Around 70 passengers and crew are rescued from a train near the Tay Bridge in Dundee following a fire in a power car.[85]
    • Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC orders a fresh investigation into the death of Demi Hannaway, a woman who was abused by her partner, and who died in May 2021.[86]

March

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  • 3 March – SNP MSP and deputy presiding officer Annabelle Ewing announces she will not seek re-election to Holyrood in 2026.[87]
  • 4 March –
  • 5 March – SNP ministers Shona Robison and Fiona Hyslop announce they will stand down from Holyrood at the next Scottish election.[90]
  • 6 March – Falkirk Council sets Scotland's largest council tax increase after councillors agree a 15.6% rise.[91]
  • 8 March – The activist group Palestine Action have vandalised parts of Donald Trump's Turnberry Golf Resort and posted pictures on social media.[92]
  • 9 March – Following an unseasonably warm weekend, the highest temperature of the year so far is recorded at Threave in Western Scotland, with a high of 17.3 °C.[93]
  • 10 March – Carol Beattie is appointed chief executive of the Scottish National Party after taking on the post in an acting role following the resignation of her predecessor, Murray Foote.[94]
  • 11 March –
    • The University of Dundee announces plans to cut 632 jobs in an attempt to address a £35m deficit.[95]
    • The Scottish Government announces it is scrapping plans to require homeowners to switch to greener heating shortly after purchase, and will take the measures out of its Heat in Buildings Bill.[96]
  • 12 March – Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces she will stand down from the Scottish Parliament at the 2026 election.[97]
  • 13 March – First Minister John Swinney holds talks with Eric Trump, the son of US President Donald Trump, at Bute House.[98]
  • 14 March – Arran ferry MV Glen Sannox is taken out of service after the discovery of a crack in its hull.[99]
  • 16 March – The MV Glen Sannox resumes sailing following repairs to its hull.[100]
  • 17 March – Following a trial at Glasgow Court of Justiciary, Dionne Christie is convicted of the murder of her drug dealer boyfriend, Jevin Haig, who she stabbed with a hunting knife at their flat in June 2022.[101]
  • 18 March –
  • 19 March –
    • During a hearing at Stirling Sheriff Court, 26-year-old Shaazia Arshad pleads guilty to the assault of a one-month-old baby boy, who suffered injuries that have been compared to those that would be sustained in a car crash. She will be sentenced on 16 April.[104]
    • It is announced that the UK is to host the opening stage of the 2027 Tour de France for both the men's and women's races, with the men's race starting in Edinburgh.[105]
  • 20 March – Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell appears before Edinburgh Sheriff Court charged with embezzlement, while his estranged wife, former Nicola Sturgeon, is told she will face no further action in the police investigation into SNP finances.[106]
  • 21 March – SNP MSP Fergus Ewing announces he will not stand for the party at the 2026 Holyrood election, but may run as an independent.[107]
  • 22 March – Flights between London Heathrow Airport and airports in Scotland resume after Heathrow was closed the previous day following a a fire at an electricity substation supplying power to the airport.[108]
  • 23 March – Three 26-storey tower blocks in Wyndford, Glasgow, are demolished in a controlled explosion to make way for the area's redevelopment.[109]
  • 25 March – Douglas Ross, the former leader of the Scottish Conservatives, announces he is standing down from Holyrood at the 2026 election.[110]
  • 26 March – The Alba Party leadership election is held, with Kenny MacAskill elected to succeed Alex Salmond as party leader following his death in October 2024.[111]
  • 29 March – Part of the M8 motorway in Renfrewshire is closed for several hours following a bus crash near Bishopton.[112]
  • 31 March –
    • Elizabeth Ann Sweeney is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years for the June 2023 murder of Neil Jolly, who she beat to death with a kettle at a block of high rise flats in Aberdeen.[113]
    • An ocean-going submarine being tested in Loch Ness has found an underwater camera set up on 1970 in an attempt to photograph the Loch Ness Monster. The camera has no images of the creature, but one of the submarine's engineers was able to develop a few images of the loch.[114]

April

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  • 1 April –
  • 2 April – Patrick Harvie announces he is standing down as co-leader of the Scottish Greens, but will stay on until an election is held in the summer.[117]
  • 4 April –
    • Jamie Greene, an MSP who left the Scottish Conservatives the previous day, joins the Scottish Liberal Democrats, blaming his decision to leave the Conservative on them becoming "Trump-esque in both style and substance" in an attempt to win the support of right-wing voters.[118] He subsequently says there is "growing disquiet" among former colleagues about the party's direction.[119]
    • Malcolm McNee, described as an associate of the Glasgow-based Daniel organised crime gang, is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 22 years for the August 2021 murder of John Quinn McGregor, who was shot in the chest following a chase.[120]
  • 6 April – A number of properties are evacuated in the Dumfries and Galloway area as firefighters continue to battle a wildfire that broke out two days earlier.[121]
  • 8 April –
    • Nurses, midwifery and healthcare staff are offered an 8% pay rise over two years by NHS Scotland.[122]
    • The Scottish Government is to provide NHS Grampian a loan of £67m to help it deal with a financial shortfall due to overspending.[123]
  • 9 April – The death occurs of John Hanson, 84, who was on remand at HMP Edinburgh awaiting trial accused of causing the death of his wife, Margaret, at their home in Galashiels in December 2024.[124]
  • 10 April – Scotland experiences its hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures reaching 22.7°C at Aboyne in Aberdeenshire.[125]
  • 11 April –
    • Work begins on demolishing the derelict Clune Park Estate in Port Glasgow, a housing estate known as Scotland's Chernobyl because of its ghost town-like appearance.[126]
    • The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service urges the public to "act responsibly" as an extreme wildfire warning remains in place across the country.[127]
    • Four members of a gang who attacked an off-duty police officer at Blantyre railway station in March 2024, leaving him with lifechanging injuries, are sent to prison. Robert Faulds and Lauren Neary receive eight and six years respectively after pleading guilty to attempted murder, while Alec Fallon and an unnamed 16-year-old boy receive four years and thirty months respectively after admitting assault.[128]
  • 12 April –
  • 14 April – The Scottish Government partially lifts a voluntary pay freeze after 16 years, meaning ministers will receive a £19,000 annual pay rise. Junior ministers will receive a salary of £100,575, while cabinet secretaries will receive £116,125.[132]
  • 16 April –
    • In a defeat for the Scottish Government, the Supreme Court rules that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex[133] and that only biological and not trans women meet the definition of a woman under equality laws.[134]
    • Shaazia Arshad, who shook a one-month-old baby boy so violently that he suffered "car crash like" injuries, is sentenced to three years in prison.[135]
  • 17 April – Bailey Dowling is found guilty of the February 2023 murder of Lewis McCartney, a teenager who was stabbed during a night out in Edinburgh.[136]
  • 18 April – Russell Findlay, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, says he will not attend a forthcoming anti-far-right summit being chaired by First Minister John Swinney, claiming the event is "not required" and is being used to "deflect from the SNP's dismal record".[137]
  • 22 April –
    • The Scottish Government says it has no plans to bring back the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill following the Supreme Court ruling on what defines a woman.[138]
    • The Dean of the Faculty of Advocates criticises Scottish Green MSP Maggie Chapman for her comments about "bigotry, prejudice and hatred coming from the Supreme Court", following its judgement on the definition of a woman.[139]
    • Former nurse Adele Rennie, who was sentenced to prison in 2024 after posing as a man on dating app Tinder to target women, is returned to custody after contacting one of her victims within days of her release.[140]
  • 23 April –
    • The Scottish Government drops a key climate commitment to reduce car usage by 20% by the end of the decade.[141]
    • Dorothy Bain KC, the Lord Advocate, launches a prosecution against Sodexo Ltd, operators of HM Prison Addiewell and NHS Lothian over the treatment of Calum Inglis, a prisoner who died in custody 12 days after contracting COVID-19 in October 2021.[142]
    • Following a legal case brought against Scottish Borders Council by parents of children at Earlston Primary School, which had installed gender neutral toilets, schools in Scotland have been ordered to provide single sex toilets.[143]
  • 24 April –
  • 26 April – First Minister John Swinney is among international dignitaries to attend the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome.[146]
  • 27 April –
  • 28 April –
    • First Minister John Swinney joins calls for rap group Kneecap to be dropped from the 2025 TRNSMT festival following the emergence of footage in which one of their members appeared to suggest the killing of Conservative MPs.[149]
    • Martin Dowey temporarily stands down as leader of South Ayrshire Council over a secret recording in which he appears to suggest he can help award contracts to "pals".[150]
    • Data published by the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research indicates a 60% increase in deaths in Scottish prisons in 2024, with 64 deaths that year, compared to 40 in 2023.[151]
    • BT launches a consultation process on the potential removal of 110 public payphones from the Highlands region.[152]
    • The Unite union threatens legal action against Stagecoach Group after the bus company cancels drivers' holiday dates during planned strikes.[153]
  • 29 April –
    • The Scottish Football Association updates its gender policy to ban transgender women from playing in women's football teams.[154]
    • Scottish Greens MSP Maggie Chapman survives an attempt to remove her from the Scottish Parliament's equalities committee following her criticism of the judiciary over the Supreme Court's ruling on biological sex.[155]
  • 30 April –
    • Scotland records its warmest temperature of the year so far, with 24.4°C recorded at Aboyne, Aberdeenshire.[156]
    • Washe Manyatelo, who in August 2023 struck and killed a pedestrian with his car while inhaling laughing gas, is sentenced to five years in prison.[157]

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June

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