Police investigating after two Leith pubs targeted in deliberate fires

Police in Edinburgh are investigating after two Leith pubs were targeted within minutes of each other in the early hours of Sunday.

The 'Four In Hand' bar on Easter Road was set alight at 3:40 am and at 3:55am 'The Tor' on Restalrig Road was attacked in a similar way.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service extinguished the flames and nobody was injured.

A joint investigation is being carried out by Police Scotland at Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to establish exactly what happened.