Police have issued images of a woman they want to trace after a man was assaulted at The Hive on Niddry Street during the early hours of Sunday morning.

The man was taken to hospital following the incident which took place around 2.15am.

Detectives now want to speak to the woman pictured.

Detective Constable Leigh Inglis said: “This incident resulted in a man sustaining very painful injuries to his face. “As well as urging other people who were in the nightclub at the time to contact us if they witnessed this, we are keen to hear from anyone who can help identify the woman pictured as we believe she may be able to assist with our enquiries. “Similarly, if you have any other information which may be relevant to this investigation then please get in touch.” Anyone with information can call Police Scotland on 101 and quote incident number 0642 of March 3, 2019.

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.