Riot police clashed with gangs of youths throwing fireworks, bricks and bottles during Bonfire Night celebrations in Edinburgh.Footage on social media showed projectiles thrown at patrol cars and officers lined up in streets in the Niddrie,

Police say a number of people have been involved in disorder in the same area of Edinburgh where there were attacks last year.

Police officers in Edinburgh have been attacked with fireworks, bricks, and bottles amid Bonfire Night disorder spreading across parts of Scotland.

Shortly before 9.30pm, a line of riot cops in helmets and brandishing shields is understood to have come under fire from fireworks thugs who then fled into the scheme.

Three teenagers have been arrested after fireworks were thrown at police and firefighters during Bonfire Night in Manchester. A large group of people were reported to have been throwing fireworks and missiles on Vine Street,

Edinburgh police were targeted by gangs of youths across a housing estate in the Scottish capital last night, inciting violent disorder across wider parts of the city. Armed with shields and batons, police officers were called to Niddrie to put a stop to the hooligans' behaviour as they launched fireworks at cars and began to burn bins.