Police are investigating an “unexplained” death following the discovery of a man’s body inside a house in Harewood Crescent in Niddrie, at around 9.15am yesterday morning.

Officers attended the address following reports of concern for a person and on arrival they found the body of a 49-year-old man inside the property.

His death is currently unexplained and enquiries are ongoing. A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.

A spokesperson said: “We were called around 9.15am on Friday, 5 March, 2021, to a report of a concern for a person at a property in the Harewood Crescent area of Edinburgh. The body of a 49-year-old man was found within.

“The death is being treated as unexplained and enquiries are ongoing. 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.