Police have detained a 40-year-old man after a suspicious package was found at an address in Niddrie yesterday.
Specialist engineers from the EOD attended.
The surrounding homes were evacuated as a precaution while the engineers assessed the package.
They established it was not be a viable device and that it posed no threat to the public.
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.