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Mobile gang culture is not acceptable
A LEADING councillor has called on the local authority to take a firmer stand against members of travelling communities who flout local bylaws.
Published: Thursday, 6th March, 2008 10:00
COUNCIL chiefs have launched a robust defence of the authority’s housing allocation policy, amid claims from would-be tenants in North Berwick that “undesirables” are getting preferential treatment.
Published: Thursday, 6th March, 2008 10:00
'Fantastic' result for Kick Start kids
AFTER three months spent learning about life on and off the football pitch, nine Tranent schoolkids are facing the future with greater confidence.
Published: Thursday, 6th March, 2008 10:00
A YOUNG mum and her two-year-old daughter had a lucky escape when a fire gutted the flat next door to their Prestonpans home.
Published: Thursday, 6th March, 2008 10:00
Wallyford says no to Boundary Commission proposals
COMMUNITY leaders in Wallyford have declared their opposition to Boundary Commission plans to annexe the village from the East Lothian Holyrood constituency.
Published: Thursday, 6th March, 2008 10:00
Shock care home claim is denied
CLAIMS that a Dunbar hospital is to lose male beds to make room for female residents of crisis-hit Cockenzie House Nursing Home have been strongly denied by health service chiefs.
Published: Thursday, 28th February, 2008 10:10
Elderly couple trapped after car ‘blown over’ in winds
AN elderly couple escaped with minor injuries despite being trapped in their badly-damaged car following a freak weather accident in Aberlady.
Published: Thursday, 28th February, 2008 10:00
Traders in middle of ‘giant arm wrestle’
UP to a third of town centre businesses would go bust within 18 months of Tesco relocating from Calder’s Lawn to Gateside East.
Published: Thursday, 28th February, 2008 10:00
MEMBERS of St Baldred’s Episcopal Church have dug deep to help raise awareness of the famous East Lothian saint on the 1400th anniversary of his death.
Published: Thursday, 28th February, 2008 10:00
Towns say cheers to public drinking bylaws
DESPITE previous police calls for a blanket ban on public outdoor drinking in East Lothian, councillors have bowed to community pressure and allowed the practice to continue in several communities.
Published: Thursday, 28th February, 2008 10:00
FORTY-NINE nuclear power workers had to be evacuated from the reactor building at Torness after monitoring equipment showed increased levels of carbon dioxide.
Published: Thursday, 28th February, 2008 10:00
THE regeneration of Tranent should be East Lothian Council’s “top priority”, community leaders declared last week – as they described their town as the “worst” in the county.
Published: Thursday, 28th February, 2008 10:00
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