Police officers investigating a series of fires in the Portobello area have arrested and charged a 16 year old male.
The fires occurred between Sunday 1 December and Monday 2 December in Bath Street, Kings Place and Ramsay Place,
A number of flats were evacuated although no-one was injured.
He is scheduled to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court tomorrow (Thursday).
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
