A 26-year-old man was taken to hospital as a precaution after the bicycle he was riding was in a collision with a car being driven on London Road yesterday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the scene around 12.50pm.

A 29-year-old woman was charged in connection with the incident and will be the subject of a report to the procurator fiscal.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of a crash between a car and a cyclist on London Road, Edinburgh, around 12.50pm on Saturday, 19 December, 2020.

“The cyclist, a 26-year-old man, was taken to The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh as a precaution.

“A 29-year-old woman has been charged in connection with a road traffic offence and will be the subject of a report to the Procurator Fiscal.”

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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.