A police investigation is underway after the body of a man was recovered from the Water of Leith near Couper Street earlier today.
A significant number of emergency service vehicles attended the scene shortly before 8am.
The identity of the man has not been released at this time.
A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal as a matter of course.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 7.55am on Saturday, 10 April, 2021, we received a report of the body of a man in the Water of Leith near Couper Street in Edinburgh.
“The body was recovered from the water and inquiries into the circumstances are ongoing. As with all sudden deaths, a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.”
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.
