Daily Headlines August 29: Popular Italian restaurant in Edinburgh announces closure after 15 months

All the latest news from the Edinburgh Evening News on Tuesday, August 29.

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

00:07 the Evening News and I'm going to run through just some of the main stories from the day

00:10 so far.

00:13 Edinburgh's promised new eye hospital is now on hold, campaigners have said, after health

00:17 bosses sent an update to patients and interested parties.

00:21 An email has emerged which was sent by NHS Lothian which said that a Scottish Government

00:26 review of funding would determine if and when it would be possible to recommence the project.

00:34 An Italian restaurant in Edinburgh has announced that it will close its doors for good just

00:38 15 months after it first opened.

00:42 Owners of La Bocca in Stockbridge said that they had made the decision to move on and

00:47 said that Sunday September 3rd would be their closing date.

00:52 And finally, following the sacking of Hibs manager Lee Johnson over the weekend, the

00:56 team are currently in the care of a caretaker manager.

01:00 We've taken a look at the bookies list on who could be the next person to take on the

01:04 role at the Edinburgh team.

01:07 If you've got a story that you think we should be covering or that you want to let us know

01:10 about, please do get in touch. All our details are over on our contact us page and as always

01:14 stick around for all the latest news from Edinburgh as we get it throughout the day.