Water restored to thousands

Water has been restored to thousands of people in Edinburgh following a mechanical fault in the system.

All homes in the EH10 area including Buckstone, Polwarth and Bruntsfield were affected. Scottish Water said it re-routed water from elsewhere in the network to fix the problem. The firm said the problem was unconnected to the winter weather.

A Scottish Water spokeswoman said: “Supplies were restored after we re-routed water from elsewhere on our network.”