Edinburgh Headlines 14 November

Here are the top stories you can find on the Edinburgh Evening Newss website today, Tuesday, November 14

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00:00 Hello, I'm Neil, a reporter at the Edinburgh Evening News, and these are some of the top

00:03 stories you can find on our website today.

00:07 Police say they have received a number of reports of youth throwing objects at buses

00:11 in the Craigmillar area, causing some services to be diverted.

00:16 Last week, buses were diverted from a busy route in the area due to roosts allegedly

00:20 throwing rocks and smashing a window.

00:23 Lothian Buses said passengers travelling on the number 2, 30 and 12 services were informed

00:29 of a diversion due to anti-social behaviour.

00:33 Police Scotland have described the behaviour as extremely dangerous and has the potential

00:37 to cause serious injury.

00:40 Edinburgh City Council has been given more than half a million pounds by the Scottish

00:43 Government to help reduce the use of temporary accommodation and increase the options for

00:49 households to move to a permanent home.

00:51 The one-off allocation of funding comes less than two weeks after Edinburgh declared a

00:56 housing emergency.

00:58 The Scottish Government will distribute £2 million across the country, with Edinburgh

01:03 receiving almost 30%, Glasgow just over 20% and Aberdeen receiving just over £300,000,

01:10 the equivalent of 15%.

01:13 In a letter to the local authorities, Housing Minister Paul McLennan said, "We said we would

01:18 provide targeted funding of £2 million to the local authorities facing the most significant

01:23 temporary accommodation pressures to support stock management activity and provide the

01:28 resource needed to deploy capital monies effectively."

01:33 Council officers have disputed claims that a popular Edinburgh bar's live music licence

01:37 was revoked following noise complaints.

01:41 City officials said the central bar in Leith Walk was ordered to lower the volume of bands

01:45 and artists rather than stop hosting live acts altogether.

01:48 It comes after a notice appeared in the pub's window over the weekend stating that all bands

01:53 and karaoke were cancelled due to persistent complaints from a resident.

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