Edinburgh Headlines December 18: Woman dies in horror crash on M8

All the latest news from Edinburgh on Tuesday, December 18 2023.

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00:00 Hi there and welcome back to EdinburghNews.com. I'm Rhoda Morrison, I'm the editor here and

00:06 I'm going to run through just some of the main stories from the day so far.

00:11 A woman has died at the scene of a horror crash involving a lorry and a car on the M8

00:15 yesterday. Emergency services were called to the scene at Hermiston Gate at around 9am

00:19 on Monday and the road was closed for several hours.

00:25 An Edinburgh family are celebrating after their home was crowned Scotland's Christmas

00:28 home of the year. Baytree House in the Willowbrae area of Edinburgh was crowned the BBC competitions

00:35 winner in an hour-long programme last night.

00:38 And finally, Condé Nast Traveller has chosen 25 of the most beautiful restaurants in Scotland

00:45 and 9 of those are in Edinburgh. You can take a look through the list and see which ones

00:50 made the list up on our website now.

00:54 If you've got a story that you think we should be covering or that you want to let us know

00:57 about, please do get in touch. All our details are up on our contact us page and as always

01:02 stick around for all the latest news from Edinburgh as we get it throughout the day.