9am Briefing: Rail misery as signal woes cancel services

THOUSANDS of rail commuters suffered five hours of disruption after signalling problems led to the cancellation of a number of services.

Trains between Edinburgh and Bathgate, and Edinburgh and Glasgow were disrupted due to signalling problems at Newbridge junction, near Edinburgh Park station, shortly after 5pm yesterday.

Network Rail said there were five cancellations and 19 “part cancellations”, where commuters were offered replacement bus services from Waverley.

* Police say they are hunting two men in their twenties in connection with the sexual assault of a teenager in the city.

The 19-year-old victim was walking home along a path at the Meadows when she was attacked by two men wearing hooded tops at around 3.30am on Tuesday.

A latex glove found near the scene, which police believe may have belonged to the attackers, is now undergoing forensic tests.

Police have put in place extra patrols in the Meadows area overnight following the attack.

* EFFLUENT from a BP oil terminal has finally stopped leaking into the Firth of Forth, according to environmental watchdogs.

Work is ongoing to repair the leak from a pipeline linking the Hound Point terminal, off Queensferry, and a tank farm.

But the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said the leak had now slowed up to the extent that “no further water is entering the Forth”.