A man was taken to hospital after he was found suffering from a serious neck injury on a street in Edinburgh.

Police responded to a call of a badly injured man on Leith Walk at around 6am on Sunday morning.

Officers found the 30-year-old shortly after on nearby Smith's Place.

He was taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for his treatment and his condition is currently described as serious but stable.

Detective sergeant Neil Spowart said: "We're working to ascertain the full circumstances surrounding this man's injury.

"We believe that he was in a business premises on Leith Walk, near the junction with Balfour Street, at around 5am and that the injury was sustained sometime between 5.30am and 6am.

"Anyone who remembers seeing a man in the Smith's Place area around this time, or has any information which may be able to help us establish the cause of his injury, is urged to get in touch."