{"id":402961,"date":"2025-09-06T15:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/402961\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T15:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:29:11","slug":"princes-street-partly-closed-after-suspicious-package-delivered-to-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/402961\/","title":{"rendered":"Princes Street partly closed after suspicious package delivered to business"},"content":{"rendered":"

Princes Street is closed between South St Andrews Street and North Bridge after a suspicious package was delivered to a local business.<\/p>\n

Officers were called to a commercial property on Princes Street around 1pm today, Saturday 6 September 2025.<\/p>\n

Firefighters are also in attendance and the vicinity has been cordoned off.<\/p>\n

The building concerned has been \u2018evacuated as a precaution\u2019 according to officers and diversions are in place.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: Around 1pm on Saturday, 6 September, 2025, we received a report that suspicious package had been delivered to a commercial premises on Princes Street, Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe building has been evacuated as a precaution.<\/p>\n

\u201cScottish Fire and Rescue Service are also in attendance and the package is being examined.<\/p>\n

\u201cA cordon is in place.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are road closures in place along Princes Street between South St Andrews Street and North Bridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiversions are in place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA cordon is in place. There are road closures in place along Princes Street between South St Andrews Street and North Bridge. Diversions are in place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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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

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