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List of events
Events from the year 2000 in
Scotland .
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
11 January – a Scottish trawler, the
Solway Harvester , sinks in the
Irish Sea , killing seven crew.
[1]
26 January – a tribunal grants the release of a school playground killer, Barbara Glover, who was ordered to be detained without limit of time for the 1991 murder of Diane Watson.
[2]
11 February – the
Royal Bank of Scotland succeeds in the hostile takeover battle for its larger English rival,
NatWest Bank , successfully defeating a rival offer by the
Bank of Scotland .
[3]
7 April – the
Union Canal reopens for leisure purposes from
Linlithgow to
Hermiston .
29 April – at
Murrayfield Stadium , the
2000 Challenge Cup tournament culminates in the
Bradford Bulls ' 24 – 18 win in the final against the
Leeds Rhinos .
May – the
Scottish Parliament meets during this month in the former
Strathclyde Regional Council debating chamber in
Glasgow .
3 May – the
Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial opens at the
Scottish Court in the Netherlands .
30 May – The
Keep the Clause campaign funded by
Brian Souter holds a referendum across Scotland to gauge public opinion on
Section 28 . 3,970,712 ballot papers were posted out and 31.8% valid votes were returned, a turnout rate lower than any Scottish national election. 86.8% were in favour of keeping Clause 28, 13.2% in favour of repeal.
9 June – the
Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 receives Royal Assent.
21 June – repeal of controversial
Section 2B of the
Local Government Act 1988 which prevented local authorities from "promoting homosexuality".
18 July –
Alex Salmond resigns as the
Leader of the Scottish National Party .
4 August –
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother celebrates her 100th birthday in London.
[4]
10 August –
14 August – The first
Commonwealth Youth Games take place in Edinburgh.
[5]
23 September –
John Swinney wins the
Scottish National Party leadership election , succeeding
Alex Salmond as
Leader of the Scottish National Party and becomes the second
Leader of the Opposition .
26–27 October – Following the death of
Donald Dewar ,
Henry McLeish is selected to be
First Minister of Scotland by the
Scottish Parliament , and is officially appointed by
The Queen .
21 November –
Dennis Canavan MSP resigns as MP for
Falkirk West , triggering a by-election.
23 November –
double by-election held in Glasgow Anniesland to elect successors to Donald Dewar's seats in both the UK Parliament and the Scottish Parliament. Labour holds both seats with swings to the SNP of 6% and 7%.
18 December – it is announced that
Inverness has been awarded city status.
[6]
21 December –
Falkirk West by-election results in
Eric Joyce retaining the UK parliament seat for Labour, though with a majority reduced to just 705 votes in the face of a swing of 16.2% to the SNP.
22 December – American pop singer
Madonna marries English-born film director
Guy Ritchie at
Skibo Castle , their son Rocco having been christened at
Dornoch Cathedral the previous day.
[7]
[8]
Islay LIMPET , the world's first commercial
wave power device, is built.
[9]
Sue Lawrence publishes Scots Cooking .
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