Edinburgh Evening News Morning Update 8 May, 2025

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00:00This is your morning update for Thursday the 8th of May, 2025.

00:05Brought to you by the Edinburgh Evening News.

00:10Physical and verbal assaults in city schools double in four years.

00:13Physical and verbal attacks in Edinburgh secondary schools have almost doubled in four years, according to new figures.

00:20Statistics obtained by the Scottish Conservatives through a Freedom of Information request

00:24show that there were 187 incidents of verbal and physical assault in Edinburgh high schools between 2023 and 2024

00:32compared to 97 incidents between 2019 and 2020, an increase of 92%.

00:38A recent report described teachers being assaulted with knives, chairs, hockey sticks, fireworks and more.

00:44Some 80% of respondents reported being threatened with a weapon by a pupil and 90% had been verbally abused.

00:51Lothian MSP and Tory adduction spokesman Miles Briggs said SNP ministers should feel embarrassed and ashamed

00:58that classroom violence in Edinburgh has increased by 92%.

01:02The fact that this is a nationwide problem means that the blame cannot simply be handed on to local authorities,

01:08as the SNP have tried to do so far.

01:11Education convener Joan Griffiths said,

01:14We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse against teachers and support staff working in our schools,

01:19and any reports of these incidences are taken extremely seriously.

01:24We offer training to teachers and support staff where required,

01:28to ensure that they are equipped to deal with any instances of pupil violence in an appropriate way.

01:34Urgent warning as warm weather brings very high risk of wildfires across Scotland.

01:39Residents across Edinburgh and the Lothians are being warned of a very high risk of wildfires in the coming days.

01:44The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, SFRS,

01:49is urging residents to avoid using naked flames outdoors to help reduce the risk of wildfires.

01:54The assessment, released in conjunction with the Scottish Wildfire Forum, SWF,

01:59covers all areas in Scotland.

02:01The Met Office has forecast warm and dry conditions in Edinburgh and surrounding areas for the rest of the week,

02:06prompting the SFRS to issue a very high danger assessment,

02:10which is in place until Friday, May 9th.

02:14A man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of serious sexual offences in Edinburgh.

02:25Kyle Karnacken, 28, committed the crimes between 2015 and 2017.

02:30He was sentenced on Wednesday 7th May, 2025, at the High Court in Edinburgh,

02:35having previously been found guilty at the same court on 9th April, 2025.

02:40He was also placed on the Sex Offenders Register.

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