00:00This is your morning update for Tuesday the 23rd of September, 2025.
00:06Brought to you by the Edinburgh Evening News.
00:10Aldi becomes latest supermarket to ban firework sales.
00:14Supermarket giant Aldi has become the latest to announce it will stop the sale of fireworks in its Edinburgh stores.
00:20The move follows a campaign by Edinburgh's South West Labour MP, Scott Arthur,
00:24who says all the major supermarkets in his constituency have now agreed to ban the sale of fireworks.
00:29Dr Arthur said the repeated incidents of firework-related antisocial behaviour,
00:34including in the Sighthill Calder Road area,
00:37had left residents, emergency services and local businesses deeply concerned.
00:43First woman boss for Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden
00:45Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden is to get its first female boss.
00:50Dr Julia Knights, former Deputy Director of London's Science Museum,
00:54has been appointed as Regius Keeper,
00:55only the 17th person to hold the post in 355 years.
01:00She will take over at the end of January 2026 from Simon Milne,
01:04who is retiring after more than a decade in the role.
01:09New plans for 24-7th Costa Coffee in East Lothian, off the A1.
01:12Coffee chain Costa has filed new plans for 24-7th shop, off the A1,
01:18after moving part of its design off the site.
01:21Costa was initially granted planning permission to build their latest store
01:24at a site earmarked for retail and business next to Spot Roundabout,
01:27at Dunbar, earlier this year.
01:29A new application has now been lodged with East Lothian Council
01:33after the firm had to move part of the flood prevention work planned for outside the store.
01:37They have had to reapply for permission for the coffee shop,
01:41which will be open around the clock,
01:43and have a drive-through as well as 25 car parking spaces.
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