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Thread. 2021 in Scotland

4 Jan: Scottish MP Margaret Ferrier (pictured) arrested over alleged Covid rule breach

14 Jan: Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard (pictured) steps down

19 Jan: Scottish parliament rejects Westminster's 'spy cops' bill

20 Jan: Outer Hebrides islands put into lockdown as Covid takes hold

22 Jan: Scottish parliament orders prosecutors to release Salmond leak evidence

25 Jan: Edinburgh's landmark department store Jenners (pictured) to close after 183 years

1 Feb: Joanna Cherry (pictured) sacked from SNP frontbench at Westminster

2 Feb: Some primary school pupils in Scotland to return in three weeks

4 Feb: Three separate fatal incidents occurred in Kilmarnock

11 Feb: Scottish football sexual abuse review calls on clubs to apologise

15 Feb: William Macpherson (pictured), the former Scots Guards captain, high court judge and clan chief has died aged 94.

17 Feb: Half of BAME students harassed at Glasgow University, report shows

27 Feb: Anas Sarwar (pic) wins Scottish Labour leadership election

2 Mar: Liverpool forward and TV personality Ian St John (pic) dies aged 82

6 Mar: Police try to hold back hundreds of Rangers fans (pic) gathering and letting off fireworks on morning of St Mirren match

9 Mar: Scottish budget: SNP agree deal with Greens and Lib Dems

12 Mar: MSPs dismiss claims Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, Peter Murrell (pictured), conspired to destroy Salmond

15 Mar: Cap on Trident nuclear warhead stockpile rises by more than 40%

20 Mar: Ex-finance secretary Derek Mackay (pictured) quits SNP over messages he sent to a teenage boy.

22 Mar: Johnny Dumfries (pictured), racing driver who won the Le Mans 24 Hours race but had his path to Formula One success blocked by Ayrton Senna dies.

24 Mar:

* John Lewis department store shuts in Aberdeen
* NHS Scotland staff offered at least 4% pay rise by Nicola Sturgeon’s government

25 Mar: University of Aberdeen agrees to return pillaged Benin bronze (pictured) to Nigeria

26 Mar: Alex Salmond (pictured) launches new independence-focused Alba party

27 Mar: Kenny MacAskill quits SNP to join Alex Salmond's Alba party

28 Mar: Neale Hanvey follows Kenny MacAskill in joining new independence-focused Alba party

19 Apr: Boris Johnson drops plan for pre-election visit to Scotland

26 Apr: Standard Life Aberdeen changes name to Abrdn

1 May: Scotland nightclubs and bars launch legal action against Covid rules

6 May: Scottish Parliament election. The SNP and the Greens, both of which support Scottish independence, won 72 of the 129 seats in the parliament.

8 May: Kaukab Stewart (pic) makes history as she becomes first woman of colour to serve as a member of the Scottish parliament.

13 May: Immigration Enforcement officials released two refugees (pictured) after a day-long standoff with local residents in Glasgow.

19 May: Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell left ‘shaken’ after fire and explosion at home

20 May: 20 arrested after Rangers fans march in central Glasgow

12 Jun:

* ‘Devastating’ fire destroys recreated iron age dwelling on Loch Tay
* Sea eagles (pictured) spotted at Loch Lomond for first time in over a century

17 Jun: Scotch whisky makers toast five-year suspension of US tariffs. UK and US also agree to suspend retaliatory tariffs on goods also including cashmere and stilton.

18 Jun: England and Scotland played out a goalless draw (pictured) at Wembley to leave both countries with their hopes of reaching Euro 2020's knockout stage very much alive.

24 Jun: One woman dead and 430 affected by Scotland cervical cancer screening error.

25 Jun: Calls for an inquiry into a series of asylum seeker deaths are intensifying as Glaswegians prepare to mark the first anniversary of the tragic events at the Park Inn Hotel, where a Sudanese man stabbed six refugees before being shot dead by police.

13 Jul:

* Police investigate SNP over independence campaign cash claims
* Scotland moves to level 0 Covid restrictions

15 Jul: Scottish villagers bid to buy the Old Forge (pictured) in Knoydart, the most remote pub on mainland Britain

21 Jul: Aberdeenshire-based BrewDog hit by £13m loss as bars close due to Covid despite craft beer boom

24 Jul: A man, woman and child have died in Loch Lomond after getting into difficulty in the water

25 Jul: Climber Rick Allen (pic) dies in avalanche on K2 while on new route

30 Jul: Drugs deaths in Scotland soar to record level, after a record 1,339 people were killed last year

1 Aug: The former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, and blogger Craig Murray (pictured) hands himself in to police to begin jail term

9 Aug: Scotland removes all major Covid restrictions

10 Aug: Wild beaver numbers surge to 1,000 across Scotland’s southern Highlands

13 Aug: Motorhomes and caravans banned from standby Scottish ferries

17 Aug: Protesters claim to ‘seize’ Edinburgh Castle citing Magna Carta

18 Aug: Great Tapestry of Scotland goes on show at its own gallery (Galashiels gallery) for first time

20 Aug: Scottish government launches country’s first women’s health plan

24 Aug: Edinburgh fringe launches £7.5m emergency appeal

26 Aug: Teachers in Scotland given guidance on decolonising the curriculum. Package also includes advice on how to discuss race and normalise diversity within lesson subjects

29 Aug: Nicola Sturgeon self-isolates after close contact with Covid case

29 Aug: Tory minister Michael Gove (pictured) has been filmed giving it his all in an Aberdeen nightclub after reportedly trying to avoid a £5 entrance fee by stating that he was the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

1 Sep: The Scottish government proposes Covid vaccine certificates for nightclub entry

9 Sep: Comedian Janey Godley dropped from Scottish Covid ads after ‘unacceptable’ tweets

12 Sep: Three-decade-old Floating Head sculpture (pictured) revived in Glasgow

16 Sep: Scottish government requests military support for ambulance crews

30 Sep: Virgin Money closes 31 branches across Scotland and north of England

1 Oct: Scottish Covid vaccine passport app (pictured) hit by problems after launch

2 Oct: Lone police officers in Scotland offers checks on their own identity following the murder of Sarah Everard

17 Oct: Murder inquiry after Justin McLaughlin (pictured), 14, fatally injured at Glasgow railway station

26 Oct: Walter Smith (pictured), former Rangers and Scotland manager, dies at 73

1 Nov:

* Glasgow bin collectors and street cleaners walk out on strike during the Cop26
* United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (pictured)

6 Nov: Around 100,000 people marched in Glasgow to demand more action on the climate crisis

12 Nov: Indigenous people, representatives of farmers and environmental NGOs carry red ribbons as they exit convention centre in Glasgow

29 Nov: Nicola Sturgeon has announced that a payment for children in low income families in Scotland will double to £20 a week in 2022

2 Dec: Shell pulls out of a controversial new oilfield off the Shetland Islands, plunging the future of oil exploration in the area into doubt.

9 Dec: Scotland marks end to coal power as Longannet chimney (pictured) is blown up

21 Dec: Scottish government cancels Edinburgh’s annual Hogmanay street party