00:00Just taking you to some live pictures of Edinburgh now.
00:04We're hearing from the Press Association and the police.
00:06They've warned the public to avoid parts of Edinburgh.
00:11This is following reports of a man with a bladed weapon.
00:15Locals are saying that a number of people have been stabbed
00:18with an emergency response that's been there since 9 o'clock this morning.
00:24So police are saying that armed police are at an incident in Calder
00:28in the west of the city.
00:30Let me read you a police statement now.
00:32This is from Police Scotland.
00:34This is what they say.
00:35The public is being advised to avoid Calder area of Edinburgh.
00:41This is following reports of a man with a bladed weapon.
00:45Police, including firearms officers, are on the scene.
00:52One local resident has said he believes the man had weapons
00:57and had entered the stairwell of a building.
01:01We don't know if it's that particular building there.
01:04And also Press Association are saying that the man with this bladed weapon
01:10smashed local shop windows, possibly stabbing two people.
01:16That's unconfirmed at the moment,
01:17but we're hearing that from the Press Association.
01:20We're hearing from the police, in addition, that they are there.
01:23They're on the scene, armed police are there, dogs are there,
01:27and they've been there for around two hours.
01:31So these are the latest pictures you can see from the Calder area.
01:36It's in the west of Edinburgh.
01:38there's a Mac �'lass organisation.
01:39And you can see them see them are there.
01:39So with that,
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