Police are appealing for witnesses following a number of crimes in Musselburgh.

A van was broken into in Eskview Terrace, and a number of power tools stolen at some point between 5.30am and 9.30am yesterday morning.

A property in North High Street was also broken into at some point between 11.00pm last night and 6.30am this morning. Car keys to the occupant’s Nissan Qashqai were taken and this was also stolen.

The car was later recovered in Danderhall.

Sergeant Derek MacDonald of Musselburgh police station said: “We are keen to speak to anyone who saw anything suspicious in either Eskview Terrace on Monday around 5.30pm or North High Street overnight.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting incident number 1805 of 31st August for Eskview Terrace or 0494 of the 1st August for the North High Street incident.  Alternatively please contact the charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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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.