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Katie Williams

Plans to transform Edinburgh prison governor's home into Muslim primary school

Plans have been proposed to transform an old prison governor's house into a Muslim primary school that could teach up to 100 pupils.

The proposals aim to turn the former governor's house into a primary school for 75 - 100 children to accommodate Edinburgh's growing Muslim population, according to the new application.

Planning had previously been refused, but Edinburgh-based charity The World Care Foundation, who bought the building last summer, submitted a new application earlier this month.

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