Dog dies after plunge into icy river

A woman had to be rescued from an icy river after going to the aid of her dog.

Emergency services were called to the River Tyne at Haddington in East Lothian at about 9am on Saturday.

She was helped off the ice and did not require medical treatment but the dog could not be saved.

Police issued a warning after reports of children playing on the river.

East Lothian Police tweeted: “Don't go onto a frozen river. There's still a current flowing underneath and the surface won't look any different whether it's thick or thin.”

The incident follows the rescue of a man who fell on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh in icy conditions on Friday night.

The 42-year-old local man broke his foot and was unable to make his way down the 251m (823ft) hill.

A Tweed Valley mountain rescue team spokesman said: “Although a popular hill in the middle of Edinburgh, visited by many hundreds of people daily, the conditions were especially tough as the ground was frozen solid, making conditions very difficult for the rescue parties."