Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco

Edinburgh Correspondent @heraldscotland

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[Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom]

Very pleased to have been awarded Runner Up in tbe category of Young Journalist at the Scottish Press Awards...

@heraldscotland cleaning up!

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EXC: Meet the man with the most difficult job in Edinburgh.

Tim Pogson is the city's housing convener.

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EXC: A senior Edinburgh councillor has issued a plea for more Scottish Government cash to tackle rising levels of homelessness in the city.

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https://t.co/QKoun4hcMH

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The Scottish Government has been urged to help Edinburgh Napier University pay for the repair of buildings containing RAAC concrete.

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EXC: Christine Jardine was told she was too old to stand at the next Westminster election

What does the veteran MP make of it all, and why does she think many local parties have a 'preference for middle-aged men'?

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Go off Leo

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NEW: According to a bombshell report in the New York Times, Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah threatened to walk out of Pope Leo XIV’s AI encyclical launch in May because the pope rejected the idea that machines can be conscious.

Olah’s team then privately lobbied the pope’s advisers “to take the possibility of model consciousness seriously.” Pope Leo XIV held firm.

For months, Anthropic has wined and dined theologians and religious scholars under nondisclosure agreements, hoping they would bless the idea that Claude has moral standing. https://t.co/iG3Bnlzt2J

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Plans to redevelop the former Scottish Widows HQ in Edinburgh have been given the green light.

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https://t.co/QcQHeLtL8R

[Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom]

@509298 @heraldscotland Noted. The video caption is pretty clear.

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Hundreds of staff and students gathered outside Holyrood on Thursday afternoon to protest cuts and closures at universities across Scotland 🎓

Edinburgh University principal Peter Mathieson was a chief target of UCU general secretary Dr Jo Grady 🎤

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EXC: University of Edinburgh chiefs have warned staff that reports of 'personally threatening behaviour' will be investigated and could be passed on to the police.

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https://t.co/APg9j72unp

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@BaldySpecky @heraldscotland It's a UK-wide union.

[Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom]

The govt has been urged to take strong action to tackle pollution in Edinburgh's water system, esp contamination in the Water of Leith and Wardie Bay.

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https://t.co/NC0YPr9ANo

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The closure of St Margaret's House has been branded as a 'desolation' by an Edinburgh MSP.

More than 100 creatives and charity groups have been told to leave by Jan 2027.

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https://t.co/MCqKQ0Uw8i

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Councillors have unanimously approved plans to transform six listed Georgian townhouses into an aparthotel

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An Edinburgh Labour councillor has accused party rivals of leaking internal info after it was revealed she had been blocked from standing in next May's council elections.

Katrina Faccenda is set to appeal the decision.

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https://t.co/qeJcZAHB9H

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Building owner Caledonian Trust says it is in discussions with a 'preferred party' about purchasing the site

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https://t.co/a3OYmp3WI5

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Plans to transform the former Scottish Widows HQ - a striking Modernist building - into a 385-room hotel have been criticised by architects.

Councillors will vote on the proposals on Wednesday.

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https://t.co/NsVP0t4UgM

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EXC: A leading theatre has joined the fight against design programme closures at the Edinburgh College of Art.

"Decisions about specialist courses have consequences beyond the institutions in which they are taught," said Lyndsey Jackson.

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@KarlStewart18 @heraldscotland The terms state: "Passengers who fail to comply with these Conditions of Carriage must give their name and address to the driver when requested and may be obliged to leave the bus by a Company Official, Police Officer or a Special Constable."

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Passengers can now be ejected from buses in Edinburgh for playing music or other audio at loud volumes as part of a city-wide crack down on antisocial behaviour.

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https://t.co/hpLQMOFHDH

[Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom]

@kwr66 ahaha! no... but the the foot-on-seat-folks can be chucked off the bus