A 13-year-old boy has been charged with carrying a knife and assaulting a police officer in Scotland.

It is understood teaching staff alerted a community police officer based at the Dalkeith school in Midlothian on Monday in response to a rumour a teenager may have been carrying a knife.

A boy was then reportedly approached by the officer at nearby Mayfield Park in the town during the school day.

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Midlothian Council said it could not comment on an ongoing police investigation but confirmed “everyone in the school was safe”.

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A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “A 13-year-old boy was charged in connection with offences including being in possession of a knife and police assault after an incident at a school in Dalkeith on Monday 13 May.

“A report will be submitted to the relevant authorities.”

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