A police investigation is ongoing after a significant number of officers attended an incident in West Mayfield, Edinburgh last night.

Emergency services were called to the scene after a report of concern for a person.

A man was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Hospital by ambulance following the incident.

He remains in a serious condition.

A Police Scotland spokesperson told the Edinburgh Evening News: “We were called around 6.10pm on Friday, 12 June, 2020 to a report of concern for a person in West Mayfield, Edinburgh.

A man was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Hospital by ambulance where he remains in a serious condition.”

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.