A 24-year-old man is due to appear in court later today in connection with an assault on a 14-year-old boy in Dunbar last year.

Police confirmed the man had been arrested and charged following the incident, last September, outside the McDonald's restaurant.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "A man has been arrested and charged following a serious assault on a 14-year-old male outside the McDonald's restaurant in Spott Road Dunbar on September 24.

"The 24-year-old is scheduled to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court."