2010 in Scotland

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See also

2009-10 in Scottish football

2010-11 in Scottish football

2010 in Scottish television

Portal:Current events

2010

Events from 2010 in Scotland

Incumbents

• Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)
• Prime Minister - Gordon Brown (to 11 May 2010). David Cameron (from 11 May 2010).
• First Minister and Keeper of the Great Seal - Alex Salmond (since 16 May 2007)
• Secretary of State - Jim Murphy (to 11 May 2010), Danny Alexander (11 May 2010 29 May 2010), Michael Moore (29 May -).

Events

January

• 5 January - Scotland as well as most of the UK is deluged by some of the heaviest snow in thirty years, causing widespread transport problems and school closures.

April

• 20 April - To correspond with the first ever televised leader's debates in the UK, leaders of the main political parties in Scotland including the Scottish Labour Party, Scottish Conservative Party, the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party will hold a televised debate, broadcast on ITV1.

May

• 4 May - An ash cloud emitted from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallaj kull causes most Scottish and Northern European airports to be closed until further notice.
• 6 May - United Kingdom general election: Labour maintains a stronghold in Scotland with 41 out of 59 Scottish Westminster seats. The Liberal Democrats achieve 11 seats, the Scottish National Party achieve 6 seats and the Conservative Party maintain their single Scottish seat
• 15 May -
  • Newly appointed British Prime Minister David Cameron travels to Scotland for talks with First Minister Alex Salmond. Both later agree that the talks were 'productive' and it was agreed that Cameron would address the Scottish Parliament once every year and in return, MSP's could address Commons' committees in Westminster.
  • Dundee United F.C. win the Scottish Cup with a 3-0 victory over Ross County at Hampden Park.
• 29 May - Following the resignation of the Chief Secretary of the Treasury David Laws, the incumbent Liberal Democrat Scottish Secretary, Danny Alexander, assumes his position and the deputy leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Michael Moore, becomes the new Scottish secretary.^[1]

June

• 8 June - Eight injured after a train derails in Argyll.
• 10 June - A man dies after being shot outside his home in Lanarkshire.

July

• 2 July - Supporters of Stirling Albion F.C. become the first in the UK to take over ownership of their club.^[2]

September

• 16 September - Pope Benedict XVI begins his four-day UK visit starting in Scotland.

November

• 18 November - Hugh Henry MSP wins Scottish Politician of the Year award.^[3]

December

• 11 December - Scottish Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson resigns amid criticism of his handling of transport chaos brought on by recent heavy snow in Scotland.^[4]
• 12 December - Keith Brown is appointed as Scottish Transport Minister following yesterday's resignation of Stewart Stevenson.^[5]
• 13 December - Major supermarkets and online stores stop taking orders in Scotland in the run up to Christmas, because of a backlog of deliveries caused by the adverse weather conditions.^[6]
• 16 December - The Scottish Government rules out re-introducing tuition fees for Scottish university students, but students from other parts of the United Kingdom attending university in Scotland may face fees of 6,000.^[7]
• 23 December - Former MSP Tommy Sheridan is convicted of perjury following a twelve week trial.^[8]

Deaths

• 2 January - David R. Ross, Historian (born 1958)
• 7 January - Alex Parker, Football player and manager (born 1935)
• 19 January - Bill McLaren, Rugby union commentator (born 1923)
• 25 January - Bill Ritchie, Cartoonist (born 1931)
• 28 January - Alistair Hulett, Acoustic folk singer (born 1951)
• 13 February - Jock Ferguson, Australian politician (born 1946)
• 22 February - Bobby Smith, Footballer (born 1953)
• 28 February - Adam Blacklaw, Footballer (born 1937)
• 11 March - Willie MacFarlane, Football player and manager (born 1930)
• 12 March - Hugh Robertson, Footballer (born 1939)
• 18 March - William Wolfe, Chairman of the Scottish National Party (1969 1979) (born 1924)
• 22 March - James W. Black, Pharmacologist who won the 1988 Nobel prize in medicine (born 1924)
• 28 March - David Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk, Member of the House of Lords (born 1954)
• 1 April - Morag Beaton, Opera singer (born 1926)
• 9 April - Kenneth McKellar, Tenor (born 1927)
• 19 April - Tom Fleming, Actor (born 1927)
• 21 April - Sammy Baird, Football player (born 1930)
• 1 June - John Hagart, Football player and manager (born 1937)
• 21 June - Tam White, Musician and actor (born 1942)
• 10 August - Jimmy Reid, Trade Unionist activist (born 1932)
• 16 August - Bobby Thomson, Scottish-born American baseball player (born 1923)
• 17 August - Bill Millin, British Army soldier and piper during WWII (born 1922)
• 19 August - Edwin Morgan, Poet (born 1920)
• 28 October - Gerard Kelly, Actor (born 1959)
• 25 December - Sir Iain Noble, Banker and Gaelic activist (b. 1935)^[9]
• 30 December - Jenny Wood-Allen, World record marathon runner (born 1911)

See also

• 2010 in the United Kingdom

References