WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Numerous people voiced their disgust at the graphic photos and videos showing gruesome scenes, and many took their objections directly to X

Police Scotland has confirmed the death of a 74-year-old man who was struck by a single-decker bus on Cowgate in Edinburgh, on Saturday evening (2nd November). An eyewitness told The Edinburgh Tab that a head had been found “decapitated” on the ground of the city’s party district.

POLICE have locked down Edinburgh’s Cowgate amid reports a severed head and body have been found after a horror road crash. Pictures and videos seen by the Scottish Sun appear to show the

Hundreds of revellers were told to leave pubs and bars along the city's Cowgate street last night before forensic officers arrived.

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A pensioner has died after being struck by a single decker bus amid reports of a severed head being found in the street.

Police have been dispatched to Edinburgh's Cowgate area following an incident where a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle, amidst circulating reports of a "severed head" discovered on the street. The capital's officers reported to the scene of a critical road collision at 7.