Police are treating the death of the 47-year-old man in Wardieburn as ‘unexplained’ but not suspicious.

Officers were called to a house in Wardieburn Street East in the Granton area on Monday evening following reports of a ‘concern for a person’

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On arrival, officers discovered the man’s body. There are no apparent suspicious circumstances and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.

A police spokesperson said: “We were called on Monday, 25 January, to a report of a concern for a person at a property in the Wardieburn Street East area of Edinburgh. The body of a 47-year-old man was found within.

“The death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious. As with all unexplained deaths, a report will be sent 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.