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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.
Conservative group leader, Councillor Ludovic Broun-Lindsay, spoke out after police were called to break up a fight among travellers who attempted to set up camp in Cockenzie on Tuesday.
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.
'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.
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.
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AN EARLY morning alarm call saved the lives of an elderly couple, who were rushed to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation and suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.
Leukaemia girl’s family ‘amazed’ at local support
FUNDRAISERS have rallied to support a couple whose little girl is battling leukaemia, by gifting nearly £3,000 to aid the family.
Wedding night woe after blunder
A GROOM is demanding compensation after claiming that a hotel blunder ruined a wedding night surprise for his wife.
Having lost the toss, North Berwick played down the Wardie slope in the first half of this East Division 1 match.
Row over access puts housing plan on hold
PLANS to turn a run-down historic town centre building into a residential development have been shelved in the wake of an on-going dispute over access.
COUNCIL workmen have been ordered to make a thorough check of the public toilets in the Lodge Grounds, following claims that two five-year-old boys were trapped inside the building by a faulty lock.
PROPOSALS for a wind farm at Lafarge Cement Works near Dunbar could take a step closer to reality next month if planners give the go ahead to a feasibility study.
£2m stables block plan strides on
THE management at council-owned Musselburgh Racecourse has been reined in – which will now pave the way for new stables and a community facility there worth £2.2 million.
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