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A blue tent was set up at the scene, and the street remains cordoned off as investigations continue. Forensic officers were also seen examining the area.(Image: Alan Simpson Photography)<\/p>\nPolice were called to Dublin Street in Edinburgh amid reports a man had fallen from scaffolding.<\/p>\n
19:35, 19 Aug 2025Updated 19:38, 19 Aug 2025<\/p>\n
A blue tent was set up at the scene, and the street remains cordoned off as investigations continue. Forensic officers were also seen examining the area.(Image: Alan Simpson Photography)<\/p>\n
Police <\/a>swooped on Edinburgh\u2019s<\/a> city centre this afternoon after reports a man had fallen from scaffolding.<\/p>\n The incident took place around 3pm Dublin Street<\/a> with emergency crews racing to the scene.<\/p>\n In pictures seen by the Record, a blue tent has been erected at the location, shielding the area while forensic officers<\/a> in white suits combed the site for evidence.<\/p>\n Uniformed officers <\/a>were also seen examining the scaffolding and surrounding buildings, as the street remained cordoned off for the investigation.<\/p>\n No further details about the man\u2019s condition have been released.<\/p>\n A Police Scotland <\/a>spokesperson said: \u201cAround 3pm on Tuesday, 19 August, 2025, we received a report that a man had fallen on Dublin Street, Edinburgh.<\/p>\n \u201cOfficers are in attendance.\u201d<\/p>\n Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.<\/p>\n You’ll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland.<\/p>\n No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team.<\/p>\n All you have to do is click here if you’re on mobile<\/strong><\/a>, select ‘Join Community’ and you’re in!<\/p>\n If you’re on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click ‘Join Community’.<\/p>\n We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don\u2019t like our community, you can check out any time you like.<\/p>\n To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose ‘exit group’.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.<\/a><\/p>\n It comes as shocked locals were caught up in a bogus doctor scandal after claims an Edinburgh<\/a> man was running a fake mental health<\/a> clinic and dishing out dangerous prescription drugs<\/a>.<\/p>\n NHS bosses <\/a>have urged anyone who visited the so-called clinic to contact their GP “as soon as possible” after fears patients may have been handed addictive medication including diazepam.<\/p>\n A letter shared with victims by the Lothian NHS Board and seen by Edinburgh Live acknowledged “they might be anxious about information” shared with them by police <\/a>and urged victims to seek medical attention if they had been prescribed drugs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police were called to Dublin Street in Edinburgh amid reports a man had fallen from scaffolding. 19:35, 19…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,530,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-358293","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-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115058706050978303","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358293","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=358293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_WACOMMUNITYQR3.jpg\")
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