A 16-year-old youth has been charged by police following a suspicious fire in Midlothian.

Emergency services responded to a business premises in Mayshade Park, Dalkeith at around 4.20am on Thursday 16th August following reports that the building was alight.

It was later established that around £50,000 worth of damage had been caused.

As a result of police inquiries the male was arrested and is scheduled to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday 31st August.

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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.