Edinburgh Headlines 14 September: New application for Eyre Place, Canonmills, just three months after refusal

The latest news headlines from the Edinburgh Evening News, Thursday September 14th.

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00:00 Hi there and welcome back to EdinburghNews.com. I'm Oda Morrison, I'm the editor here at

00:06 the Evening News and I'm going to run through just some of the main stories from the day

00:09 so far. Developers have submitted a fresh application for student flats in Cannon Mills

00:16 just three months after the initial plans were rejected. But residents who objected

00:22 to the previous proposals say that the changes to the plans at the site are minimal. Two

00:28 men in Midlothian have been charged in connection with the production and supply of illicit

00:33 diazepam with an estimated street value of over £1 million. Police seized the significant

00:40 quantity of controlled drugs in the Danderhall area on Tuesday and the pair, aged 42 and

00:45 60, were arrested at the scene. And finally, Airbnb owners in Edinburgh are living in fear

00:52 it has been claimed due to a rise in threats and abuse. People who run the self-catering

00:58 flats in Edinburgh say that they are scared to apply for a licence due to the increasing

01:02 hostility towards those in the sector. If you've got something that you think we should

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