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The death of a man found in the common stair of a block of flats in Newhaven last night is being treated as unexplained.

Detectives launched an investigation after the middle-aged man was discovered in Portland Street.

A spokesman for Police Scotland said: “Police are carrying out an inquiry following the discovery of a man’s body in the common stair of a flatted property in Portland Street at around 6pm on Sunday.

“The death is currently being treated an unexplained.”

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.