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Edinburgh Live
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Donald Turvill

Call for police presence at Edinburgh school to stop 'parents fighting in playground'

Calls have been made for community policing to be stepped-up at an Edinburgh primary school where staff "regularly feel threatened and unsafe at work".

Incidents of parents fighting in the playground and "aggression and violence" toward teachers and support staff have been reported at Ferryhill primary.

The Drylaw school's parent council said some fights had involved "dangerous weapons" such as poles and hammers.

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