{"id":373551,"date":"2025-08-25T23:48:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/373551\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:48:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:48:22","slug":"edinburgh-city-centre-street-shut-after-person-found-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/373551\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh city centre street shut after person found injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A street in Edinburgh\u2019s city centre was closed on Monday after a person was discovered injured.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to the capital\u2019s Cowgate between Blackfriars Street to the Pleasance at around 2pm.<\/p>\n<p>Road users have been advised to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p>The seriousness of the person\u2019s injuries has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>A Police Scotland spokesperson said: \u201cCowgate is closed from Blackfriars Street to the Pleasance following the report of a person injured received around 2pm on Monday, August 25.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmergency services are in attendance, and the public and road users are advised to avoid the area.\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":"A street in Edinburgh\u2019s city centre was closed on Monday after a person was discovered injured. Emergency services&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-373551","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\/115092082459342073","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373551","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=373551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}