Edinburgh Headlines 6 March: Delays to some services between Edinburgh, Perth and Inverness after bridge strike
All the latest headlines from the Edinburgh Evening News on Wednesday, March 6
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00:00 Hi there and welcome back to Edinburgh News.com. I'm Rhoda Morrison, I'm the editor here and I'm going to run through just some of the main stories from the day so far.
00:09 Passengers on trains from Edinburgh have been faced with major disruption and delays this morning after a vehicle hit a railway bridge.
00:17 Engineers are now on the scene but seven services between Edinburgh, Perth, Aberdeen and Inverness have been affected.
00:24 An emergency debate is to be held by Edinburgh's councillors following the death of an 11-year-old boy who was hit by a bin lorry.
00:33 Thomas Wong was killed in the tragedy in Whitehouse Road last week and Transport Chief Scott Arthur has said that the council must now work to ensure that it is not repeated.
00:44 Linlithgow was recently named in a list of the best places to live in Scotland and our reporter Kevin Quinn went along for a day out to see what all the fuss was about.
00:54 You can read Kevin's thoughts and watch a video of his day out up on the website now.
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01:07 And as always, stick around for all the latest news from Edinburgh as we get it throughout the day.