Edinburgh Headlines 19 February: Hundreds of Lothian children suffering overdoses every year, 'heart-breaking' new figures show

All the latest headlines from the Edinburgh Evening News on Monday, February 19.

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

00:05 I'm going to run through just some of the main stories from over the weekend and from

00:08 the day so far. Hundreds of children across Edinburgh and the Lothians are being treated

00:14 in A&E for drug overdoses each year. Last year saw 683 youngsters aged under 18 treated

00:22 at NHS Lothian hospitals, including 127 aged 11 and under. A 74-year-old man has been admitted

00:29 to hospital after he was hit by a bus in Edinburgh's Oxgangs Road North. The victim was helped

00:35 by a passerby who witnessed the crash and emergency services also attended the scene.

00:40 The man's condition is not currently known. And finally, the best places to live in Scotland

00:46 have been named and the list includes two places very near Edinburgh. You can take a

00:51 look at the 15 top places on the website now. If you've got a story that you think we should

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01:01 are over on our Contact Us page. And as always, stick around for all the latest news from

01:05 Edinburgh as we get it throughout the day.