2022 Kirkton Riot
The 2022 Kirkton riot took place in the area of Kirkton in Dundee, Scotland on 31 October 2022. The civil unrest occurred on several streets in the area during Halloween and was caused by a significantly large group of youths. The riot The riot broke out at 17:30 GMT in Beauly Square following anti-social behaviour. Speculation arose that the riot broke out following a remembrance event for Grant Hutchison, a man who lived in Kirkton who had died in 2020. Beauly Square It was reported that vehicles and bins were torched on Beauly Square as the riot began to roll out. Other items such as bikes were also torched as rioters stole items from houses in the area. Police and emergency services began to arrive on the scene shortly afterwards. Balgowan Avenue Videos shared on social media showed rioters jumping and smashing car windows, youths setting numerous fires to Balgowan Avenue, the main road circulating through the area, blocking both ways as it was set alight. The nearby ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kirkton, Dundee
Kirkton is a residential housing scheme located in the north of Dundee. The area is bordered by Downfield, Dundee, Downfield to the west, Trottick to the east and Fairmuir to the south. Background Education There are two primary schools in Kirkton; Sidlaw View and Downfield Primary. There are also two secondary schools in Kirkton; Baldragon Academy and St Paul's Roman Catholic Academy, St. Paul's RC Academy. The Kingsway Campus of Dundee College is located in the South of Kirkton Transport Kirkton is in the northern terminus for the 18 Xplore Dundee bus service from Kirkton Asda to City Centre. History A 2022 Kirkton riot, riot took place in Kirkton on 31 October 2022 which injured a handful of people and saw the use of fireworks being banned from supermarkets in Dundee following the riot. References Areas of Dundee {{Dundee-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dundee City Council
Dundee City Council is the local government authority for the City of Dundee. It was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. History Dundee City became a single-tier council in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, with the boundaries of the City of Dundee district of the Tayside region, minus a Monifieth area and part of a Sidlaw area, which were transferred from the city area to the new council area of Angus. The city district was also the administrative centre for the region. The new city council area was named ''The City of Dundee'' in the legislation of 1994, but this was changed to ''Dundee City'' by a council resolution on 29 June 1995, under section 23 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65). In terms of area, it is the smallest of Scotland's council areas. The district had been created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to include: the former county of city of Dundee; a Monifieth ar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2020s In Dundee
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Attacks In The United Kingdom In 2022
Attack may refer to: Warfare and combat * Offensive (military) * Charge (warfare) * Attack (fencing) * Strike (attack) * Attack (computing) * Attack aircraft Books and publishing * ''The Attack'' (novel), a book * ''Attack No. 1'', comic and animation * Attack! Books, a publisher * ''Attack!'' (publication), a tabloid publication of the National Alliance established in 1969. The name was changed to '' National Vanguard'' in 1978 * ''Der Angriff'', a.k.a. ''The Attack'', a newspaper franchise * In newspaper headlines, to save space, sometimes " criticise" Films and television * Attack! The Battle of New Britain a 1944 American armed forces documentary film * ''Attack'' (1956 film), also known as ''Attack!'', a 1956 American war film * ''Attack'' (2016 film), a 2016 Telugu film * ''Attack'' (2022 film), a 2022 Hindi film * ''The Attack'' (1966 film), an Australian television play * ''The Attack'' (2012 film), a 2012 film directed by Ziad Doueiri * "The Attack" (''Austra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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October 2022 Events In The United Kingdom
October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the sixth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus , October retained its name (from Latin and Greek ''ôctō'' meaning "eight") after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans. In Ancient Rome, one of three Mundus patet would take place on October 5, Meditrinalia October 11, Augustalia on October 12, October Horse on October 15, and Armilustrium on October 19. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. Among the Anglo-Saxons, it was known as Winterfylleth (Ƿinterfylleþ), because at this full moon, winter was supposed to begin. October is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, and autumn in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. Oct ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2022 In Scotland
Events from the year 2022 in Scotland. Incumbents *First Minister of Scotland, First Minister: Nicola Sturgeon *Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State: Alister Jack Events *20 March – 2022 Census for Scotland. (one year later than the national census in the rest of the UK). *5 May – 2022 Scottish local elections. *May – Announcement that Dunfermline in Fife is one of 8 places to be awarded city status in the United Kingdom as part of this year's celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. * 14 June – Nicola Sturgeon, launches the first of a series of papers setting out the case for her proposed second Scottish independence referendum. *10–14 July – 150th Open Championship (golf) at the Old Course at St Andrews. *19 July – Warmest ever temperature in Scotland recorded, 35.1°C (95.1°F) at Floors Castle in the Borders. *15 August – Scotland becomes the first country in the world to make free sanitary products available to women after Perio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shona Robison
Shona McRory Robison (born 26 May 1966) is a Scottish politician serving as the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government since 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Dundee City East since 2003 and was an additional member for the North East Scotland region from 1999 to 2003. Born in England, Robison studied at the University of Glasgow and Jordanhill College. She was an active member of the SNP's youth wing and worked in Glasgow City Council's Social Work Department, until her election to the Scottish Parliament. Having served on the Parliament's Health Committee, Robison was appointed Minister for Public Health. In 2011, she was appointed Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport, before the position was later promoted to the Scottish Cabinet. Sturgeon appointed Robison as Health Secretary, a position she held until 2018, when she resigned for personal reasons. After her r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joe FitzPatrick
Joseph Martin FitzPatrick (born 1 April 1967) is a Scottish politician who is a member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), and has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Dundee City West since the 2007. He is Convener of the Scottish Parliament's Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. He served as Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing from 2018 to until his resignation in 2020. He also served as Minister for Parliamentary Business from 2012 to 2018. Early life, education and career Joseph Martin FitzPatrick was born on 1 April 1967 in Dundee, Scotland. He attended Whitfield Primary School and Whitfield High School. He studied Forestry at Inverness College and worked for the Forestry Commission in Angus and Tillhill Forestry in ArgyIl. He was elected President of Inverness College Students Association and was re-elected as the College's first Sabbatical President. He was elected to the National Executive of NUS in 1990 and was given spe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Purge (2013 Film)
''The Purge'' is a 2013 American dystopian action horror film written and directed by James DeMonaco. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane, and Max Burkholder as members of a wealthy family who find themselves endangered by a gang of murderers during the annual Purge, a night during which all crime, including murder, is temporarily legal. ''The Purge'' premiered at the Stanley Film Festival on May 7, 2013, and Universal Pictures theatrically released it in the United States on June 7, 2013. The film grossed $89 million against a $3 million budget. It is the first installment in the ''Purge'' franchise. A sequel, subtitled ''Anarchy'', was released worldwide on July 18, 2014. A third film, '' Election Year'', was released July 1, 2016, and a prequel, ''The First Purge'', was released on July 4, 2018, and a television series, set between the second and third films, aired for two seasons from September 4, 2018, to December 17, 2019. A fifth film, ''The Forever Pu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Alexander (councillor)
John Alexander is a Scottish National Party (SNP) councillor and the current Leader of Dundee City Council. John Alexander was first elected to the Strathmartine Ward (Ward 1) in the 2012 Scottish council election with 1245 1st preference votes, becoming Dundee's youngest ever serving councillor at 23 years old. In the 2017 election, he was re-elected with an increase in 1st preference votes of 57%. Alexander subsequently became Leader of Dundee City Council after striking a deal to form an administration with veteran councillor, Ian Borthwick. Education Alexander was educated at St Saviour's Roman Catholic High School in Dundee between 2000 and 2006. The school has since closed. He attended the University of Dundee, initially studying Law (Scots) LL.B and latterly graduating with a Master of Arts in Politics & International Relations. Career Following his election in 2012, Alexander held the role of Depute Convener of Housing within the majority SNP Council Administr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |