Haddington
REVISED plans for a £1.6 million veterinary surgery and canine rehabilitation centre in Haldane Avenue have been given the green light by councillors – despite objections from nearby residents and the town’s community council.
On Tuesday, East Lothian’s planning committee unanimously approved the application by Links Veterinary Group for a “new veterinary surgery, kennels and rehabilitation centre with associated roadways, parking, street lighting and soft landscaping and signage”, at Alderston Field.
AN era in East Lothian local government administration has come to an end with the retirement of director’s personal assistant Cathie Torrie (pictured left), after almost half a century in council service.
HADDINGTON teenager Olivia Mackenzie, who represented Scotland in last month’s London Mini Marathon, was placed an impressive 34th out of 200 competitors.
THE Haddington Pilgrimage has been cancelled for the first time ever, in the face of dwindling numbers, and is unlikely to continue in its current form.
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BUSINESS leaders are to discuss possible ways of assisting troubled Haddington-based Corsie Group, amid growing fears for the company’s 35-strong workforce.
SPEEDING drivers on the county’s rural roads could soon be caught on camera and brought to book.
Planning chiefs get tough with housing developers
EAST LOTHIAN planning chiefs have vowed to take a tough line over developers who fail to meet agreed conditions, after hearing this week that residents have been waiting for four years for a playpark which has still failed to materialise.
HOLY matrimony took on a whole new meaning for Prestonpans minister, the Rev Robert Simpson, when he tied the knot with Susan Sadler, his partner – and parishioner – of two years!
A NINE-year-old girl is said to be in a state of distress after a youth indecently exposed himself in front of her.
ARTEFACTS from the life of Nigel Tranter, hailed as Scotland’s greatest storyteller, have been immortalised in a public exhibition in Athelstaneford Parish Church.
A MAN was taken to hospital after fire tore through a kitchen in Wallyford on Saturday.
Hundreds join in big litter clean-up
MORE THAN 400 volunteers donned yellow tabards and wielded litter pickers in a collective spring clean of East Lothian last month.
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