2008 in Scotland
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Events from the year 2008 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
2008 in: The UK • England • Wales • Elsewhere
Scottish football: 2007–08 • 2008–09
2008 in Scottish television
Timeline of Scottish history
2008 in: The UK • England • Wales • Elsewhere
Scottish football: 2007–08 • 2008–09
2008 in Scottish television
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Incumbents
- First Minister and Keeper of the Great Seal – Alex Salmond
- Secretary of State for Scotland – Des Browne until 3 October; then Jim Murphy
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
January
- January – first phase of Whitelee Wind Farm, which will be the largest wind farm in Europe, begins feeding electricity to the grid.
February
- 1 February – Eigg Electrical begins generation of the island's entire electricity supply from renewable energy sources.
April
- 6 April – the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 comes into force.[1]
May
- 19 May – First ScotRail reopens the railway line from Stirling to Alloa for passengers.
June
- 4 June – Gretna F.C., just relegated from the Scottish Premier League, go out of business with debts of £4,000,000.[2]
July
- 7 July – The Antonine Wall, part of the ancient Roman limes, is designated as a World Heritage Site.
- 25 July – Old Monach lighthouse on Shillay, Monach Islands, re-lit.[3]
November
- 6 November – Lindsay Roy retains the seat for the Labour Party at the Glenrothes by-election with a majority of 6,737 votes. The previous Labour MP John MacDougall died on 13 August 2008 from pleural mesothelioma.[4]
- 14 November – Sixteen-year-old Nicolle Earley kills 63-year-old Ann Gray at her home in Crosshill, Fife.[5]
- 19 November – Clackmannanshire Bridge over the Firth of Forth at Kincardine is opened to traffic.
- 20 November – Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon is named Scottish Politician of the Year.[6]
December
- 18 December – Woolworths announce their 807 UK stores will close by 5 January 2009.[7]
- 27 December – first seventeen of Woolworths branches in Scotland close, with the rest to follow shortly.[8]
Deaths
- 27 July – Bob Crampsey, historian, author and broadcaster (born 1930)
- 8 October – John Bannerman, historian of Gaelic Scotland (born 1932)
- 5 November – Ian Anderson, footballer (born 1954)
- 18 December – Hannah Frank, visual artist (born 1908)
The arts
- Alternative hip hop group Young Fathers forms in Edinburgh.
- Peter Maxwell Davies composes his String Trio.
- Supermarionation band is formed in Edinburgh.[9]