{"id":215084,"date":"2025-06-26T05:37:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T05:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/215084\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T05:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T05:37:20","slug":"enquiries-ongoing-after-man-found-dead-on-princes-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/215084\/","title":{"rendered":"Enquiries ongoing after man found dead on Princes Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been found dead on Princes Street in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to the scene around 6am this morning Wednesday 25 June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>A tent was erected around the body and Princes Street was closed to traffic as a result of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>A force spokesperson said the death was being treated as unexplained and enquiries were ongoing to establish the full circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"603274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SCT_PRINCESSTREET04-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-603274\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Picture Alan Simpson <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"603272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SCT_PRINCESSTREET03-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-603272\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Picture Alan Simpson <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"603265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SCT_PRINCESSTREET01-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-603265\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Picture Alan Simpson <\/p>\n<p>A Police Scotland spokesperson said: \u201cAround 6am on Wednesday, 25 June, we received a report of an unresponsive man on Princes Street in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmergency services attended and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe death is being treated as unexplained and enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/06\/enquiries-ongoing-after-man-found-dead-on-princes-street\/?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1750780513_960_pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/06\/enquiries-ongoing-after-man-found-dead-on-princes-street\/?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1750780514_137_print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/author\/john-hislop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-79-100x100.png\" class=\"attachment-100x100 size-100x100\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been found dead on Princes Street in Edinburgh. 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