9am briefing: cannabis farm uncovered | Riggi mother reveals suicides attempts | council leaders set for pay hike | house fire in Granton
The 17-year-old boy was charged under the Misuse of Drugs Act following a search of the property in Barley Bree in Dalkeith at around 7.50am on Wednesday. Officers found around 400 plants which were being grown inside the home.
The youth was set to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday.
Riggi mother attempted suicide four times
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Hide AdA WOMAN who killed her three children in Edinburgh has reportedly told how she made four suicide attempts before throwing herself off a balcony.
Theresa Riggi, who admitted the culpable homicide of her children on the grounds of diminished responsibility this week, tried to take her own life on the day of the killings.
She told a fellow inmate at Corton Vale prison in Stirling how she believed her failed suicide bids showed her youngsters didn't want her to die.
City bosses set for pay hike
EDINBURGH'S council leader would get a 15,000 pay rise under proposals to increase the salaries of councillors across Scotland.
The Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee said senior councillors were working harder and had more responsibilities since their last report in 2005.
It proposed the pay for Edinburgh's leader should go from 48,000 to 63,000 a year.
Pair taken to hospital after Granton blaze
A MAN and a woman were treated for smoke inhalation following a blaze in Granton. The fire started in the hall of the house in Granton Road at 8.20pm yesterday and spread to the bedroom. A man aged 60 and a woman in her 50s received oxygen at the scene.
Meanwhile two people were treated at the scene of a fire in Bonnyrigg after a blaze broke out in the kitchen of a ground floor flat.
Fire crews were called to the property on Waverley Crescent at around 1.30pm yesterday. Paramedics checked over the 43-year-old woman and 17-year-old boy, but they did not need hospital treatment.