Shoppers are urged to go green .. and bag a bargain

Stores have taken delivery of 2,000 reusable shopping bags for sale at £2.50 for a large bag and £1 for a small one.

The bags are emblazoned with designs by Sacha MacMillan and Daniel Scotland, winners of a competition for pupils at Tollcross Primary School.

The project was organised by staff at the Leven Street jewellery shop, Joolz, on behalf of Tollcross Traders Association.

The Association and the King's Theatre treated Sacha and Daniel and 60 of their classmates to a performance of Aladdin earlier this year as a reward for their efforts.

The project was also helped by a £2,500 waste action grant from City of Edinburgh Council.

The bags will be on sale at the Canal Festival at Lochrin Basin on 27 June, and are available at all association shops.