THE founder of local charity Beach Wheelchairs has been presented with her Points of Light Award. Alison Brown, from Tranent, was recently given her award certificate by county MP Martin Whitfield for improving accessibility to beaches for wheelchair
A GROUP of swimmers from East Lothian, called the ‘Swimming 60s’, took the plunge and swam the length of Loch Lomond. Muriel Campbell, Linda Malcolm, Meg Maitland and Meg Ennis, who are all in their 60s, completed their swim on August 20. They
A FIVE-figure grant has been agreed in principle to help carry out repairs at a historic building. Dunbar’s Corn Exchange dates back to 1885 but, despite attempts to bring the building back into life, its future remains uncertain. Currently,
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl was struck by a car on a busy Musselburgh road. The accident happened on Pinkie Road at about 6.30pm last Friday. Police attended and the youngster was taken by ambulance to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh
ELECTRIC car users will have to pay to use council-owned charging points in East Lothian as tariffs are introduced later this year. Plans to introduce fees across the county’s public charging points, which are currently free to use, were approved
CHILDREN on a new housing estate will have to walk through woodlands to school after neighbouring residents refused to allow a path through their land. A meeting of East Lothian planning committee was told that 150 new homes would be built at Saltcoats
A CLIFF-TOP search was carried out at the weekend in the bid to find a missing person. Dunbar, North Berwick and Fisherrow Coastguard united in a shoreline and cliff-top search of the North Berwick area at 6pm on Saturday evening after police called
THE hopes of homeless families are being taken away by the Scottish Government’s efforts to tackle the issue, a councillor has claimed. Local authorities were asked to submit plans to tackle homelessness in their communities to Scottish Ministers
A KIND-HEARTED Haddington mum has been blown away by the success of a new project aimed at getting children outdoors and reading. Lauren Martin launched Look for a Book East Lothian at the beginning of last week. The scheme, which is already
