A fire ripped through the Thomas Cook store on Frederick Street yesterday afternoon. The fire was reported at 15.05 and at the height of the fire there was 60 Firefighters in attendance. The Fire Service were at the scene for the remainder of the day. Its not thought that anyone was hurt in the incident.
An investigation has been launched after the confidential files of 45 school pupils were stolen from an Edinburgh City Council worker’s home earlier this week. The files relate to pupils from Forthview and Granton Primary Schools and Broughton High School, who have had contact with the Education Welfare Service.
The files were stolen during a burglary on Wednesday, BBC Scotland has revealed.
The council said the files were ‘predominantly’ about school attendance, and a city council spokeswoman added: “We are working closely with the police on this matter but believe that these files weren’t targeted by the thief. We are making contact with all the families this information relates to and have made staff available to them to help with any questions or concerns they may have.”
