9am Briefing: Police probe 'unexplained' death of man found on Arthur's Seat

The body of the man, thought to be in his 40s, was spotted by a member of the public shortly before 10pm on Sunday.

Rescue teams were unable to recover the body from the hill's secluded Dry Dam section until around 2.30pm yesterday.

A postmortem was due to be carried out today in a bid to determine the cause of death.

Financial sector sees jobs boost

THE city's financial sector is to receive a boost of 200 new jobs after Virgin's bank announced it intends to establish a new operations centre in the Capital.

Jayne-Anne Gadhia, chief executive of Virgin Money, said the firm had chosen Edinburgh because "there is nowhere better in the UK to set up a growing bank".

She also signalled the bank would support the city arts, and hinted it could take over the Festival Fireworks Concert.

The institution, which is just 16 years old, is looking for city-centre premises for a new operations office, with staff recruitment expected to begin early next year.

Auction at St Margaret's

THREE grand pianos and several paintings by artists favoured by the Royal Family are just a few of the items that are set to be auctioned off by St Margaret's School next week.

The independent city school, which closed its doors for the last time in June, will put the entire contents of its Newington site under the hammer starting next Tuesday.

Among the 520 lots listed in the catalogue are "fine art and antique furniture" and a 16-seat minibus.

Man in hospital after crash

A MAN has been taken to hospital after his car came off the road and ploughed into a cottage this morning.

The vehicle had been travelling on the B718 road near Harthill on the M8 when the incident happened shortly after 5.30am this morning.

A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said the house was badly damaged but that the residents were evacuated unharmed.

The driver was taken to hospital but is not thought to be seriously injured, he said.