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British Transport Police have confirmed that theĀ death of a man whose body was found on a disused railway line in Edinburgh last Friday is not being treated as suspicious.

Officers launched a major enquiryĀ after the discovery was made near the former Abbeyhill train station at Abbey Lane

The body had been identified as a 40-year-old man from Edinburgh.

It was thought the body had been on the path Ā for some time.

A spokeswoman said: “His next of kin have been informed. The death is not being treated as suspicious.”

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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.