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2019
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Events from the year 2019 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Events

  • 2 January - ScotRail announces average rail fare increases of 2.8%, lower than the average 3.1% increase announced for England and Wales[1]
  • 24 January - Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is arrested by police and charged with multiple counts of sexual assault and two charges of attempted rape.[2]
  • 24 February - The new BBC Scotland channel has five of the top 10 most-watched programmes across Scotland on its Sunday launch night.[3]
  • 19 March - Scotland's unemployment rate fell to a new record low of 3.4% between November and January, well below the UK rate of 3.9%[4]
  • 20 March - The Scottish economy grew by 0.3% in the final three months of 2018 compared to a figure of 0.2% for the UK as a whole.[5]

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ "ScotRail 'rip-off' rail fares condemned as tickets increase by 2.8%". BBC. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond arrested". BBC. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ^ "New BBC Scotland channel peaks at 700,000 viewers on launch night". BBC News. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Scotland's unemployment rate hits new low at 3.4%". BBC News. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Scottish economy continues to grow". BBC News. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Hearts great Freddie Glidden dies aged 91". Sky Sports.
  7. ^ Rock, Fraser Lewry 2019-01-19T13:17:16Z Classic. "Ted McKenna, drummer with Rory Gallagher, SAHB, Michael Schenker, dead at 68". Classic Rock Magazine.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Gleneagles chef Andrew Fairlie dies after long-term brain tumour battle". HeraldScotland.
  9. ^ Ingle, Sean (25 January 2019). "Hugh McIlvanney, doyen of sportswriting, dies aged 84". The Guardian.
  10. ^ "World's End serial killer Angus Sinclair dies". BBC News. 11 March 2019.