School bomb threats may have been part of '˜global prank'

The High School of Glasgow. Picture: Donald MacLeod

BOMB threats which were made against five Scottish schools yesterday may be linked to a co-ordinated global prank.

Pupils were evacuated from Tynecastle High and the Royal High in Edinburgh yesterday morning after staff received worrying phone calls.

Another threat was made to the city’s Boroughmuir High School, although pupils remained inside while police searched.