A male pedestrian has been knocked down by a bus on Mayfield Gardens at around 7.40am this morning.

Police were alerted to the incident by the Scottish Ambulance Service.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Police received a report by the ambulance service at 7.40am on Wednesday about a collision between a man and a bus – a male pedestrian.

“Emergency services are at the scene.”

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.