The sad death of a young boy who fell ill on Constitution Street at 5.40pm on Saturday is being treated as unexplained although police said there were not thought to be any suspicious circumstances.

Emergency services attended the scene and the boy was taken to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children but died shortly after.

Police closed the road for several hours following the incident.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Police in Edinburgh were in attendance at Constitution Street at around 5.40pm on Saturday after a child was taken unwell.

“The boy was taken to the Sick Kids Hospital where he sadly died a short time later.

“There are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances.

“Enquiries are ongoing into the full circumstances and the death is currently being treated as 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.