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A 17-year-old man has died after his car crashed on Cliftonhall Road at Ratho close to the entrance to the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena at 10.40am this morning.

The road was closed while police officers carried out enquiries

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Police in Edinburgh can confirm they are investigating after a one-vehicle road traffic collision at Ratho this morning where a 17-year-old male sadly died.”

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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.