9am Briefing: Woman treated by medics after blaze

A WOMAN has been treated for smoke inhalation after a kitchen fire in Dalkeith.

Fire broke out at the terraced house in Oak Crescent at around 5.30pm last night and was extinguished by 6.50pm.

An ambulance spokesman said: "Our crew treated one female for smoke inhalation, but she refused to travel to hospital."

• THE sister of murdererd teenager Vicky Hamilton said she would be 'turning in her grave' over a family row still raging on 20 years after her death.

Speaking on the anniversary of her death Sharon Brown said the family had failed to reach agreement over who should receive Vicky's possessions. The procurator fiscal will now begin court action to determine who will get what

• ONE of the Edinburgh Fringe's most vociferous critics in recent years has been elected onto its board.

Peter Buckley Hill, organiser of the 'Free Fringe', led criticism of rising ticket prices and burgeoning costs for performers, accusing the Fringe of spiralling into a "general malaise".

His election 'manifesto' complains that the rights and status of performers has been "eroded" with the Festival now dominated by financial concerns.