{"id":249007,"date":"2025-07-08T21:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T21:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249007\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T21:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T21:22:10","slug":"man-found-dead-at-scots-council-headquarters-as-police-probe-mystery-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249007\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found dead at Scots council headquarters as police probe mystery death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>POLICE have launched a probe into a mystery death after a man was found dead at a Scots council headquarters yesterday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews raced to the City Chambers on High Street in <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/where\/edinburgh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edinburgh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Edinburgh City Chambers courtyard.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Alamy\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2agj657-message-skies-edinburgh-city-822029167.jpg\" data-caption=\"A man was found dead at the council headquarters in Edinburgh yesterday morning\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2agj657-message-skies-edinburgh-city-822029167.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>A man was found dead at the council headquarters in Edinburgh yesterday morningCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n<p>The alarm was raised at around 9.10am after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/police-scotland\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police<\/a> received a report of an unresponsive man inside the building&#8217;s customer support hub, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/news\/edinburgh-news\/edinburgh-man-found-dead-city-32020466\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edinburgh Live<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. <\/p>\n<p>The death is currently being treated as &#8220;unexplained&#8221; by cops.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is not believed to be suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>A report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal. <\/p>\n<p>Edinburgh City Council&#8217;s website urged locals to use the city&#8217;s customer hub as the High Street office is closed this week.<\/p>\n<p>A Police Scotland spokesperson said: \u201cAround 9.10am on Monday, 7 July, we received a report of an unresponsive person at a premises on High Street, Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmergency services attended and a man was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe death is being treated as unexplained but not believed to be suspicious and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It comes after police launched an investigation into an &#8220;unexplained&#8221; death as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/14988760\/edinburgh-princes-street-sealed-off-police-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">man was found dead on a busy Edinburgh street<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p>Cops raced to the scene after receiving a report of an unresponsive man on Princes Street at 6am on June 25.<\/p>\n<p>The busy street was sealed off from the Hanover Street junction.<\/p>\n<p>A blue tent was also put up on the pavement outside the Uniqlo store.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Edinburgh City Chambers on the Royal Mile with two people walking in front.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/great-britain-united-kingdom-scotland-1001982728.jpg\" data-caption=\"Great Britain, United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh, Royal Mile, City Chambers\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/great-britain-united-kingdom-scotland-1001982728.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain, United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh, Royal Mile, City ChambersCredit: Getty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"POLICE have launched a probe into a mystery death after a man was found dead at a Scots&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,530,712,5119,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-249007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-police-scotland","12":"tag-scotland","13":"tag-section-newsscottish-news","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114819717410315361","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}