Daily Headlines August 31: End of an era as family sweet shop put on the market

All the latest news from the Edinburgh Evening News on August 31, 2023.

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00:00 Hi there and welcome back to edinburghnews.com. I'm Oda Morrison, I'm the editor here at

00:06 the Evening News and I'm going to run through just some of the main headlines from the day

00:09 so far.

00:10 A popular sweet shop in West Lothian has gone up for sale after opening more than five decades

00:17 ago.

00:18 Koya's sweet shop in Armadale is on the market after owners James and Giorgio made the decision

00:24 to retire.

00:27 People living near the Dunbar landfill site have been advised to keep windows and doors

00:31 closed after warnings that a fire will continue to burn for many days.

00:37 The blaze broke out at the site near the A1 on Monday afternoon at around 1.40pm and fire

00:43 crews remain on the scene days later.

00:47 And finally an Edinburgh chip shop has been named one of Scotland's finest for the second

00:51 year in a row.

00:53 Perrinos in Leith received the award for the best fish and chip shop in the south east

00:57 at the Food Awards Scotland 2023 on Monday.

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01:10 latest news from Edinburgh as we get it throughout the day.