Edinburgh resident to star in new series of teen series Skins

Freya Mavor who will star in Series 5 of Skins

By Cara Sulieman

FILMING for the new season of popular show Skins is underway in Bristol as the new generation of fun-loving teens get to know each other.

And one of the cast is a lucky Edinburgh lass who got the part after turning up at open auditions held by programme makers Channel 4.

Freya Mavor, 17, will play one of the central characters in the new series which is due to hit screens next year.

And she got the part after hearing about open auditions on a bus journey.

Iconic Trainspotting station has to go to rehab

By Michael MacLeod

THE desolate Scots train station made famous in cult film Trainspotting is getting a £400,000 facelift – because it is so popular with tourists.

Corrour station, the highest in the UK at 1,300 feet above sea level, features in Irvine Welsh’s tale of a gang of drug-peddling lowlife pals romping through Edinburgh.

One of the flick’s more sedate scenes shows Renton, played by Scots star Ewan McGregor, enjoying a boozed-up day in the countryside with junkie pals Sick Boy and Spud after getting off a train at Corrour.

And with so many film-lovers following in their footsteps on the West Highland Way, Network Rail decided to completely revamp the station.