A group gather at a fire on Bonfire Night in the Wester Hailes area, west of Edinburgh. Picture date: Thursday November 5, 2026. (Image: Jane Barlow)
A group gather at a fire on Bonfire Night in the Wester Hailes area, west of Edinburgh. Picture date: Thursday November 5, 2026. (Image: Jane Barlow)

Fireworks have been launched at police amid disorder in the south of Edinburgh on Bonfire Night.

Officers were not injured during the incidents on Thursday evening, which came during a large policing operation across Scotland for November 5.

In Oxgangs and around Colinton Mains, bins were knocked over and set on fire in the road on Thursday evening.

There was a large police presence in the area, as trouble involving groups of young people was reported.