{"id":365027,"date":"2025-08-22T16:13:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365027\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:13:18","slug":"edinburgh-castles-one-oclock-gun-cancelled-due-to-medical-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365027\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Castle&#8217;s one o&#8217;clock gun cancelled due to medical emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Edinburgh Castle one o\u2019clock gun did not fire on Tuesday due to a medical emergency.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The firing of the gun dates back to 1861, when it allowed ships in the Firth of Forth to set their clocks.<\/p>\n<p>It has since become a major tourist attraction, firing every day except on Sundays, Good Friday and Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>However, the gun did not fire on Tuesday after a member of the public fell ill in the safety cordon.<\/p>\n<p>The individual received prompt first aid from medics at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>An Army spokesperson said: \u201cOwing to a member of the public taking ill within the safety cordon area, the one o\u2019clock gun did not fire on Tuesday, August 19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe safety of both the public and our personnel will always be our first priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edinburgh Castle one o\u2019clock gun did not fire on Tuesday due to a medical emergency. The firing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-365027","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-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115073306455440378","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365027","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=365027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}