Police have charged a man following an armed robbery in the Leith area.

The incident took place at the Scotmid in Lindsay Road around 6.15am on Sunday 28 May.

Two members of staff were threatened and a four-figure sum of money stolen.

The 25-year-old will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.

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.