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Police are searching for a number of air guns which were stolen from a parked car in Midlothian.

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Entertainer Darren Day appears in court accused of crashing into a lamp post while being over the legal drink-drive limit.

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Open tender for council services
Private firms are to be invited to tender for some Edinburgh City Council services in the new year in a bid to save £90m.

Crews tackle power station blaze
About 50 firefighters tackle a blaze in a turbine unit at Longannet power station in Fife overnight.

New DNA quashes rape conviction
A man who has served two-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of raping a schoolgirl walks free from court.

Fine for smashed window art work
An Edinburgh art student who smashed a gallery window with a pole in a private piece of art work is fined £200.
Drink-driver has car confiscated
An interpreter who admitted drink-driving in Midlothian loses his car under legislation targeting repeat offenders.

Four primary schools to be closed
Four schools earmarked for closure in Edinburgh will now close next year, the council confirms.

Extra police for Pittodrie trains
Extra police officers are called in to patrol trains and stations between Edinburgh and Aberdeen as Hibernian play at Pittodrie.
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