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00:00This is your morning update for Wednesday the 5th of February 2025.
00:05Brought to you by the Edinburgh Evening News.
00:08Edinburgh Council Tax could go up by 8%.
00:12Edinburgh's Council Tax could rise by as much as 8%
00:16as officials warned budget pressures were straining the city's finances.
00:20A report to councillors said that the national insurance hike
00:24and a lack of new funding for adult social care left little option but to increase council tax.
00:29The report, which has assumed a council tax rise of 8% in its calculations,
00:34said the rise would
00:35d. strike an appropriate balance
00:38between stabilising short-term council finances
00:41and enabling planned capital investments in the near future.
00:45Edinburgh delivery rider robbed by balaclava gang who filmed crime.
00:50A delivery rider was allegedly robbed by a balaclava-clad gang
00:53while out delivering food in Edinburgh.
00:55The rider was cycling through Leith Links at around 7pm on Saturday, February 1st
00:59when he was stopped by a gang of youths
01:01who reportedly forced him to hand over his food parcels.
01:04Police Scotland said
01:06Inquiries are ongoing.
01:09Appeal after woman seriously assaulted in Midlothian.
01:12Police in Midlothian are appealing for information
01:15after a 26-year-old woman was seriously assaulted in Mayfield
01:18at around 10pm on Thursday, January 30.
01:22Police received reports of a disturbance on Bogwood Road in Mayfield.
01:25The victim was found injured and taken to hospital
01:28where she was treated for a serious injury.
01:30Detective Constable John Lumsden said
01:33We are appealing for anyone who was in the area at the time
01:36and witnessed the assault to contact Police Scotland
01:39quoting incident number 3755 of 30 January 2025.
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