A supermarket has banned all schoolchildren from its premises due to an alarming increase in shoplifting.
Gangs of "feral" children have been raiding the Co-op store in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland, leading the management to issue an immediate "blanket ban" on all youngsters.
Fed up locals have blasted groups of foul-mouthed youths in the town close to Edinburgh, who have also been accused of hassling pensioners and helping themselves to goods.