AN ONLINE appeal for donations has been made to help fund a bid to extend a popular sporting facility. Plans to increase the size of Hallhill Sports Centre are being considered by East Lothian Council. Documents were lodged in August last year
SCHOOLCHILDREN receiving a packed lunch last Friday were told to bin their sandwiches due to incorrect date labelling. Parents were sent a message last Friday from East Lothian Council alerting them to the problem. The ham in the sandwiches
THE foundations and steel frame for the long-awaited new sports hall at Port Seton Centre are now in place. Work on the £1 million extension started last October and is due to be completed by July. The erection of the steel frame means residents
A SCHOOLBOY sailor is in the running for a prestigious national award. Ruaraidh Purves (pictured) is one of the finalists for the Class Academy Sailor of the Year at the RYA Scotland Awards. The national awards take place at The Falkirk Wheel
A HUSBAND and wife photography team have snapped up their first national award for Child Portrait of the Year. Grahame and Allison Smith, of GWS Photography, have won a string of awards and received the latest prize at the Master Photographers’
A 40-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested and charged with theft and breaking into to two East Lothian businesses. The businesses affected were SWS Chinese Takeaway on Prestonpans High Street, which was broken into on January 8, and The Seahorse Nursery
A TALENTED musician has picked up a national award – 13 years after first being nominated for the prize. Steve Byrne was crowned The Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards in Aberdeen shortly before Christmas.
SIX pupils from North Berwick High School made their television debut after being interviewed for the BBC’s Newsround programme. Murron Sinclair, Martha Blacklock, Charlie Bowdler, Evie Drysdale, Rab Ellis and Fergus Kinnaird, all 12 years old,
A FORMER Athelstaneford Primary School pupil, who dreamt of representing his country on the rugby field, has captained a South American country in their first-ever competitive match. Mark Camburn fell in love with Bolivia nearly 20 years ago after
A TEARFUL mum has spoken of her pride for her “awesome” daughter after she took her own life. Sevy Lemoine-McGinnes described her 17-year-old daughter Niamh Lemoine-Drever as “a force to be reckoned with” following her death on Sunday. Emergency
