Police will use stop and search powers in certain areas of Edinburgh in a bid to prevent planned disorder on Bonfire Night.

Police have warned that people suspected of planning fireworks-related anti-social behavior in the Gracemount, Moredun and Niddrie areas will be sought after receiving “intelligence” of potential problems.

It comes after incidents in Niddrie on Halloween night saw a police officer injured, riot police targeted with bricks and buses badly damaged by pyrotechnic attacks.

Control zones banning the use of fireworks in certain parts of the city are in effect until November 10 for the first time.

Police officers are allowed under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 to search people they believe are under “reasonable suspicion” of committing an offence, planning to commit an offense or possessing a “prohibited substance”.

Police “A quantity of fireworks” and two canisters of petrol were seized in a raid on a property in Magdalene last Thursday.

However, a police officer in the Hay Street area was taken to hospital after the window of the police vehicle he was in was broken.

Lothian Buses was forced to withdraw its services after 16 of its vehicles were damaged and an open-top bus carrying disabled young people was targeted outside the city’s Dynamic World attraction.

Police also responded to incidents in Moredunvale Road, Southhouse Road, Captain’s Road and West Pilton Park on October 31.