Police are appealing for help to trace 14-year-old James Shanley who has gone missing after failing to turn up for school.
He was last seen at 8.30am on Wednesday in the Stoneybank area in Musselburgh and he is known to have links to the Leith, Granton and Restalrig areas of Edinburgh
Officers are now appealing for anyone who may know where he is to get in touch.
James’ family are worried about him and want him to come home.
He is described as being 5ft 6in tall, has a slim build and short black hair usually styled in a quiff.
He was last seen wearing a black Northface puffer jacket, black jogging bottoms and was carrying a black holdall.
Anyone with information has been asked to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 4001 of January 17.
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.
