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

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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.

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