Building evacuated after body found

A building in Leith was evacuated yesterday following the discovery of a body.

Emergency services were called to a flat at Halmyre Street at about 9:40am as it was reported that there had been a death.

Police officers, ambulance and fire crew rushed to the scene and subsequently cordoned off the street. The building, believed to be a tenement property, was evacuated as a precaution to allow officers to conduct enquiries.

Police said the death was being treated as unexplained.