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Edinburgh Evening News Morning Update 8 May, 2025
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This is your morning update for Thursday the 8th of May, 2025.
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Brought to you by the Edinburgh Evening News.
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Physical and verbal assaults in city schools double in four years.
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Physical and verbal attacks in Edinburgh secondary schools have almost doubled in four years, according to new figures.
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Statistics obtained by the Scottish Conservatives through a Freedom of Information request
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show that there were 187 incidents of verbal and physical assault in Edinburgh high schools between 2023 and 2024
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compared to 97 incidents between 2019 and 2020, an increase of 92%.
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A recent report described teachers being assaulted with knives, chairs, hockey sticks, fireworks and more.
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Some 80% of respondents reported being threatened with a weapon by a pupil and 90% had been verbally abused.
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Lothian MSP and Tory adduction spokesman Miles Briggs said SNP ministers should feel embarrassed and ashamed
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that classroom violence in Edinburgh has increased by 92%.
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The fact that this is a nationwide problem means that the blame cannot simply be handed on to local authorities,
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as the SNP have tried to do so far.
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Education convener Joan Griffiths said,
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We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse against teachers and support staff working in our schools,
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and any reports of these incidences are taken extremely seriously.
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We offer training to teachers and support staff where required,
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to ensure that they are equipped to deal with any instances of pupil violence in an appropriate way.
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Urgent warning as warm weather brings very high risk of wildfires across Scotland.
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Residents across Edinburgh and the Lothians are being warned of a very high risk of wildfires in the coming days.
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The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, SFRS,
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is urging residents to avoid using naked flames outdoors to help reduce the risk of wildfires.
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The assessment, released in conjunction with the Scottish Wildfire Forum, SWF,
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covers all areas in Scotland.
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The Met Office has forecast warm and dry conditions in Edinburgh and surrounding areas for the rest of the week,
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prompting the SFRS to issue a very high danger assessment,
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which is in place until Friday, May 9th.
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A man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of serious sexual offences in Edinburgh.
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Kyle Karnacken, 28, committed the crimes between 2015 and 2017.
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He was sentenced on Wednesday 7th May, 2025, at the High Court in Edinburgh,
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having previously been found guilty at the same court on 9th April, 2025.
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He was also placed on the Sex Offenders Register.
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For more news, go to edinborownews.scotsman.com
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And for more videos, check out shotstv.com
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