2025 in Scotland

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Events from the year 2025 in Scotland.

Incumbents

• First Minister – John Swinney
• Secretary of State – Ian Murray

Events

January

• 1 January –
  • Ferry fares in Scotland increase by 10%.
  • Police Scotland release images of 19 people they wish to speak to in connection with violence and disorder which broke out in Glasgow city centre ahead of the Scottish League Cup final between Celtic and Rangers at Hampden Park on 15 December.
  • Traditional Scottish singer Iona Fyfe takes up the post of Rector of the University of Aberdeen, succeeding Martina Chukwuma–Ezike.
  • With temperatures set to drop overnight on 1–2 January, the Met Office issues a yellow weather warning for ice covering all of Scotland.
• 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.
• 6 January – A 2.9 magnitude earthquake is recorded in Kinloch, 19 miles north west of Oban.
• 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.
• 8 January –
  • Police Scotland launch an investigation into the illegal release of two lynx in the Highlands, and warn the public not to approach them.
  • BBC News reports that plans are under way to create the UK's largest battery storage facility in Coalburn, South Lanarkshire.
  • Details of Edinburgh's proposed tourist tax are unveiled, with the levy set at 5%.
  • Patrick Harvie, the co-leader of the Scottish Greens, is to take time off from the Scottish Parliament because of a medical procedure.
• 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.
  • 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.
  • A pair of lynx released illegally are recaptured in the Cairngorms National Park. A second part are found in the same area the following day.
• 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.
• 11 January –
  • The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland confirms that a lynx captured in the Cairngorms National Park the previous day has died overnight.
  • Temperatures continue to fall, becoming the coldest since 2010, with an overnight low of −18.9°C in Roybridge, Scotland.
  • The search for sisters Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, missing from Aberdeen since the early hours of 7 January, is extended to the coast.
• 12 January – Police focus their search for missing sisters Eliza and Henrietta Huszti on the River Dee.
• 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.
  • The CalMac ferry MV Glen Sannox begins timetabled sailings on the Arran route.
  • The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland says that four lynx illegally released in the Cairngorms National Park showed signs of starvation.
  • 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.
  • The Thistle, the UK's first drugs consumption clinic, opens in Glasgow. It is used more than 130 times in its first week.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
  • 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.
• 23 January –
  • The Scottish Government Resilience Room (SGoRR) is activated by first minister John Swinney ahead of Storm Éowyn.
  • The Scottish Government issues an emergency alert to mobile phones across Scotland ahead of Storm Éowyn. The alert was received by approximately 4.5 million people across Scotland.
• 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 102mph were recorded on the Tay Road Bridge, and approximately 117,000 homes across the country were left without power.
• 25 January –
  • The train 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.
  • A 19 year old man from East Ayrshire, Calum Carmichael, dies from complications following a tree falling onto his car during Storm Éowyn on 23 January.
• 26 January – More than 14,000 homes across Scotland are still without electricity and power following Storm Éowyn.
• 27 January –
  • A notorious paedophile gang of five men and two women are sentenced to lifelong terms in prison and warned they may never be released on parole.
  • 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 31 January –
  • Police in Aberdeen searching for two missing sisters announce the discovery of an unidentified woman's body near to where they were last seen.
  • Transport for Scotland announces a 3.8% increase for train fares from April.

February

• 1 February – Police confirm that a second woman's body has been discovered close to where two sisters disappeared in Aberdeen.

Predicted events

• 1 June – The sale of disposable vapes will be banned in Scotland.

Deaths

• 6 January – John Douglas, 90, Scottish rugby union player (Barbarian, British & Irish Lions, national team). (death announced on this date)
• 11 January – Bobby Kennedy, 87, Scottish football player (Manchester City, Kilmarnock) and manager (Grimsby Town).
• 12 January – Peter Brown, 83, Scottish rugby union player (Glasgow, national team).
• 17 January – Denis Law, 84, Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Huddersfield Town, national team), Alzheimer's disease.
• 19 January – Jimmy Calderwood, 69, Scottish football player (Birmingham City) and manager (Dunfermline Athletic, Aberdeen), complications from dementia.