Police have confirmed that the body found at the Water of Leith near Saughtonhall Avenue yesterday has been identified as 24-year-old Arkadiusz Blicharz, who had been reported missing in the area.

His family have been made aware.

There are no apparent suspicious circumstances and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course.

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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.