Edinburgh Evening News Bulletin 12-12-2023

Here are some of the top stories you can find on our website today.

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00:00 Hello and welcome back to EdinburghNews.com. I'm Neil Johnston, a reporter at the Edinburgh

00:04 Evening News and these are some of the top stories you can find on our website today.

00:09 An Edinburgh coffee shop has been forced to close with immediate effect after its last

00:13 day of trading was brought forward. A Pinch of Salt, which sells coffee and cakes from

00:18 converted old police boxes around Edinburgh, was forced to shut its Princess Street branch

00:23 for good weeks earlier than planned. The independent business announced earlier in December that

00:28 it was forced to cease trading due to locals and tourists opting to support nearby chains

00:33 and Christmas market kiosks. They also claimed that a promise from their landlord to bring

00:38 daily tour groups to the kiosk was never honoured. The police box cafe on Princess Street had

00:44 planned to serve customers until the 23rd of December but was forced to close earlier

00:49 this week. A new hotel, which is set to open at Heart

00:53 of Midlothian's Tyne Castle Park next year, will be the only one of its kind, bosses have

00:58 said. The Tyne Castle Park hotel will be located in the main stand at Gorgie Park, making it

01:04 the UK's first club-owned and operated hotel inside a football stadium. Set to open early

01:10 next year, the four-star hotel will provide one-of-a-kind matchday experiences and guest

01:15 stays. The 25-bedroom hotel has now opened for bookings and offers a choice of individually

01:21 styled guest rooms, including family, executive and accessible rooms.

01:26 And finally, a retired woman living near Edinburgh has sold a rare first edition hardback copy

01:31 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone for just over £55,000. She said she bought

01:37 the book for just £10 in a bargain bucket whilst on a family camping holiday in the

01:41 Scottish Highlands in 1997. After forgetting about the book, the valuable first edition

01:47 was kept in a cupboard under the stairs for years before it went under the hammer in Derby

01:51 yesterday where it was sold to a private online buyer.

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