Edinburgh Headlines 20 March: Edinburgh's Morningside area hit by fresh spate of anti-social behaviour targeted at shops and businesses

All the latest headlines from the Edinburgh Evening News on Wednesday, March 20.

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00:00 Hi there and welcome back to Edinburgh News.com. I'm Oda 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.

00:10 A fresh spate of thefts and antisocial behaviour has been reported in Malmingside, with youths

00:15 reportedly spitting at shopkeepers, pushing customers and stealing goods.

00:19 Ten incidents have been reported to police in the last three weeks and it follows a series

00:24 of similar incidents in October and November last year when groups were said to be terrorising

00:28 residents and businesses.

00:33 One of Edinburgh's longest running businesses is celebrating after winning a major award

00:37 in its 90th year.

00:39 Valvona and Crola, a family-run deli and cafe in Elm Row, was named the Italian Restaurant

00:45 of the Year at the Scottish Restaurant Awards 2024.

00:49 And finally, a pilot who was caught with alcohol in his system less than two hours before he

00:53 was due to fly hundreds of passengers from Edinburgh to New York has been jailed for

00:58 10 months.

01:01 Captain Lawrence Russell Jr. was caught with a half-empty bottle of Jägermeister during

01:05 a luggage check at Edinburgh Airport last year.

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01:17 stick around for all the latest news from Edinburgh as we get it throughout the day.