Police have launched an investigation after the body of a woman was found in a house in Balerno earlier today.

Emergecny services attended the house on Deanpark Avenue, Balerno just after 11.30am.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

A spokesman for Police Scotland said: “We were called to an address in Deanpark Avenue in Balerno at around 11:35am on Sunday, June 19, by the Scottish Ambulance Service after a 30-year-old woman was found dead within a property.

“Our inquiry into her death, which is being treated as unexplained at this time, is ongoing however there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances.

“As in all cases of sudden death a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.”