Edinburgh Headlines 31 January: Edinburgh Royal Infirmary parking row set to flare again as NHS Lothian withdraws free shuttle bus

All the latest headlines from the Edinburgh Evening News on Tuesday, January 31.

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

00:04 editor here and I'm going to run through just some of the main stories from the

00:07 day so far. Anger over car parking for staff at

00:11 Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary is set to flare again after health bosses announced

00:15 that they were going to withdraw the free shuttle bus to the nearest park and

00:18 ride. The bus began as a temporary measure after a staff permit system was

00:23 introduced around two years ago. A bid to build a house on part of a travel

00:29 site in East Lothian after demand for pitches fell during Covid lockdown

00:34 has been guaranteed on appeal. Planning permission was sought to build the house

00:39 on two pitches which opened a decade ago in the outskirts of Trinent. And finally

00:46 an Edinburgh man has launched a series of craft beer tours all over the world

00:50 with the first set to take place next month in Edinburgh. 50 year old John Joy

00:55 started craft beer adventures on January 1st after he ended his 25 year career in

01:00 criminal justice last year. If you've got a story that you think we should be

01:05 covering or that you want to let us know about please do get in touch. All our

01:08 details are over on our contact us page and as always stick around for all the

01:12 latest news from Edinburgh as we get it throughout the day.