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Donald Turvill

Edinburgh noisy neighbours could soon be recorded by tenants in bid to sort complaints

Council tenants in Edinburgh kept up by noisy neighbours could be urged to record disturbances on their phones in a bid to curb antisocial behaviour.

Having residents document incidents would help to substantiate "genuine complaints" which are often "one person’s word against another's," SNP councillor Danny Aston said.

Cllr Aston will table a motion this week calling on officials to explore working with a 'noise recording app' - which he said is already used by registered social landlords in the capital and other Scottish local authorities - as part of the investigation process.

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