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Operator paid more than £10m to keep parking free at Edinburgh hospital (opens the original)
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More than £10m has been paid to the private operator of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) to keep parking at the hospital free, new figures show. Parking charges ended at most of Scotland's hospitals in 2008 but remained in place at three facilities which were part of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts. Deals worth £35m to buy out the car parks at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee and Glasgow Royal Infirmary were announced in 2021 and SNP ministers said they would keep the RIE free until
Are wealthy buyers stoking St Andrews' housing crisis? (opens the original)
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A world class university and the home of golf in a pretty coastal town underline the appeal to many of living in St Andrews. But the Fife town is in the grips of an affordable housing crisis, where property prices are being stoked by the influence of wealthy buyers from outwith Scotland. New data shows nearly one in five properties in St Andrews were registered to an address outside of Scotland when purchased, including 164 buyers from the United States alone. Locals say more needs to be done to
Water leak temporarily closes heart clinics at Edinburgh hospital (opens the original)
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A water leak at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh has forced the temporary closure of two services which offer heart-related diagnostic and treatment procedures. The leak resulted in mould being found in some non-clinical areas and two specialist vascular procedure centres have been taken out of use while remedial work is undertaken. NHS Lothian said the temporary reduction of clinical areas may result in delays or appointments being rescheduled in some specialist services. But the health board s
Taxpayers will foot bill for shortfall on PFI hospital upgrades (opens the original)
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Tens of millions of pounds of taxpayers' cash will be needed to bring the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) up to scratch when it transfers to public ownership next year, BBC Scotland can reveal. The RIE was built in 2002 using the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) model which saw operator Consort Healthcare receive around £1bn to build and then maintain the hospital over 25 years before handing it back to the NHS. NHS Lothian and Consort were locked in a four-year dispute about maintenance stan
Cricket Scotland 'regrets the hurt' endured by racism whistleblower (opens the original)
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Cricket Scotland has said it "regrets the hurt" endured by a former top cricketer who blew the whistle on racism in the sport. The original complaint by Majid Haq led to the governance of Cricket Scotland being branded institutionally racist in a review which was published in 2022. Haq is now an umpire in the sport and last year launched a civil legal claim against the sport's governing body for alleged victimisation after he was removed from umpiring at a Scotland international fixture. This le
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