Morning Briefing: Alistair Darling to raise legionnaires" outbreak at Westminster Published on Monday 11 June 2012 08:50 FORMER Chancellor Alistair Darling was set to raise the legionnaires" disease outbreak in the Commons today. The Edinburgh South West Labour MP was asking Speaker John Bercow to allow an urgent question on exactly what inspection regime exists for cooling towers to prevent legionella outbreaks. He called for an urgent review of guidelines. He said: "The critical I want to know what inspection regimes are in place for companies with cooling towers. This disease is extremely serious. Once it's in the atmosphere you don't know its consequences. I want to know where we are up to with the current investigation, but also how we stop future outbreaks. CIGARETTES have been taken off the shelves by a leading supermarket chain at one of its branches in the Capital. Sainsbury's decided to stop selling cigarettes at its Local store in St Andrew Square in a bid to beat a new Scottish Government tax. The public health levy will see retailers taxed on any store with a rateable value of more than £300,000 that sells both tobacco and alcohol. A spokesperson for Sainsbury's was reported as saying: "The impact of the public health levy, recently introduced by the Scottish Government, has led us to undertake a review of the sale of tobacco in our Scottish stores. We have removed tobacco products from our St Andrew Square store for the time being. It is not known whether the decision to stop selling tobacco will be extended to other Sainsbury's stores in the Capital. Imperial Tobacco said that tobacco was "a vitally important category for retailers." SERIAL conman John Cronin has been arrested in Northern Ireland over allegations he failed to pay for a two-night stay at a convent. The East Lothian conman and convicted sex offender convinced nuns he was a top businessman and asked to stay at the Drumalis Convent in Larne. However, he failed to make the required donation and nuns alerted police. The 40-year-old had claimed he was managing director of insurance giant Scottish Provident and also faces charges of falsely representing himself. A spokeswoman for the Court Service in Northern Ireland said: "We can confirm that John Cronin appeared at Ballymena Court on June 5 in connection with a theft and trespass at an address in Larne." She added that he also faces a charge of falsely representing himself and will reappear at court later this month. A FORMER director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival has died at the age of 63. The family of Jan Fairley, who had been battling colon cancer, announced her death at the weekend. Ms Fairley ran the book festival between 1995 and 1997 and was a well respected figure in the world music scene. The festival raised its profile under her stewardship. She also worked for newspapers and made radio documentaries. Her funeral is scheduled to take place next weekend.