A police investigation is underway after the body of a man was discovered on the playing fields at Myreside Road near to George Watson’s College.
Emergency services attended the scene around 9.40am this morning and established a cordon to allow for forensic examinations.
Officers are treating the death as unexplained at this time but they are not treating it as suspicious.
The school is operating as usual.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Police in Edinburgh responded to the Myreside Road area at around 9.40am on Monday 17th September following the discovery of a man’s body.
“The death is being treated as unexplained, but not suspicious, and inquiries are continuing.”
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.
