Midlothian crime: Primary pupils kept indoors after report of man with knife
Pupils at a Midlothian primary school were kept indoors during their morning break after a report of a man with a knife in the area.
Police advised King’s Park Primary School in Dalkeith not to let the children out at playtime following the report. And the school contacted parents and carers to let them know of the “ongoing police incident”.
But the youngsters were allowed to go home as normal when classes finished at lunchtime, as usual on a Friday.
A Midlothian Council spokesman confirmed parents and carers of King’s Park pupils were contacted regarding an ongoing police incident in the wider community this morning.
The spokesman said: “On Police Scotland advice, as a precautionary measure, pupils were kept indoors during the school break but were advised by police they were able to go home at lunchtime at the end of the school day as normal.”
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 10.10am on Friday, 21 November, 2025, we received a report of a man in possession of a knife in the Eskbank Road area of Dalkeith.
“Officers are searching the area in effort to trace the man and are following a positive line of enquiry.”