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Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is arrested as part of an investigation into financial misconduct by the Scottish National Party.
2023-06-11

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tests positive for COVID-19.
2022-05-20

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon receives her first dose of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine.
2021-04-15

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces that her party will draft legislation for a new referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom before Scotland's parliament election next year.
2020-09-1

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon voices concerns after 160 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Scotland in the last 24 hours, a three-month high. She says the rise in cases was "partly the result of a greater number of people being tested", but it is "undoubtedly a concern" and that any connection between cases is being "carefully considered" by health protection teams.
2020-08-31

Significant gains are made by the opposition Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn, while the Scottish National Party's dominance of Scottish seats is reduced.
2017-06-9

In Scotland, the Scottish National Party win a historic third term in government with Nicola Sturgeon re-elected First Minister, but fall two seats short of an overall majority.
2016-05-6

Thousands, including some from Australia, protest in London, England, against the renewal of the United Kingdom's Trident nuclear deterrent system, the largest anti-nuclear rally since 1983. Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, Scottish National Party leader and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, the Welsh Plaid Cymru Party, and the Green Party participated in the march. A parliamentary vote on renewing Trident is expected this year.
2016-02-27

Nicola Sturgeon will succeed Alex Salmond as leader of the Scottish National Party and First Minister of Scotland after she was the only candidate to put their name forward in the party's leadership election.
2014-10-15

Emails appear to show Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond was prepared to lobby Jeremy Hunt in support of the BSkyB takeover in return for support for the Scottish National Party from "The Scottish Sun".
2012-04-24