Hopes raised in OAP relative hunt

Isabella Purves, who owned the flat, would have been 90 this year

Police searching for relatives of an OAP whose body lay in her Edinburgh flat for up to five years are following a "positive line of inquiry".

Isabella Purves, who was found in her Rodney Street top-floor flat, would have been 90 this year.

Officers said they had received a good response to an appeal for information.

Police found her body on Tuesday 30 June as they investigated a water leak following complaints from a neighbour living below.

They had to push past a large volume of mail to enter the flat in the Cannonmills area. The death is not being treated as suspicious.

Police made a plea for relatives to get in touch following the discovery, which shocked people living in the area.

A Lothian and Borders Police spokeswoman said: "We have had a good response to the media appeal for information and are following a positive line of inquiry."