Moments after I dropped our camera on the pavement on the north side of Edinburgh’s East Claremont Street, a car travelling on the other side of the road skidded across the cobbles, crashed through the railings, and tipped into the area of the basement flat below.

I rushed down the steps to the aid of the driver (thankfully not dead as first feared) and TPR called an ambulance.

Meanwhile someone stole our camera from the street above.