Shop workers held at knifepoint in raid

Two sweet shop workers were held at knifepoint during a “distressing” armed robbery.

The incident happened at about 10:15pm on Tuesday at the Candy Land store on Gorgie Road, Edinburgh.

The women, aged 25 and 16, were working in the shop when a hooded man entered holding a knife before demanding money.

A three-figure sum of cash was stolen from the till then the suspect made off from the area, running east along Gorgie Road.