PUB chain Wetherspoons is to slash the prices of its drinks and meals following a cut in VAT on the hospitality sector by the UK government. The cuts were announced last week by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak in an attempt to ease economic pressures
AN OLD-FASHIONED gala day brought neighbours together on a Prestonpans street. Residents of the town’s North Bank Road decided to put the coronavirus pandemic to one side, with a specially social distanced event last month. Kerry McFarlane
MORE than 140 parking fines were issued over the weekend as East Lothian’s coastal car parks reached capacity. The opening of some public toilets and relaxing of the five-mile rule for travelling to enjoy the outdoors saw people flock to the county
NHS Lothian is taking its first steps in its journey towards ‘a new normal’. Over the coming weeks, some priority clinics, appointments and diagnostic tests that were paused during the Covid-19 pandemic will gradually resume. Coronavirus, according
AN ECO-FRIENDLY Musselburgh eatery which specialises in seafood has won a Green Tourism accolade. East Coast, on the town’s North High Street, received a ‘silver’ award for good environmentally friendly practice. Green Tourism’s awards’ certification
A FUNDING boost has helped save the Scottish Seabird Centre, says the charity’s CEO. Just two months into the centre’s urgent appeal for public aid to save it from permanent closure, it has received £50,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Emergency
LAST week’s announcement from the Prime Minister of plans to ramp up the speed of public building projects across the UK was very welcome. His plan will see the creation of a new infrastructure delivery taskforce, named ‘Project Speed’. Led by
SERVICES of worship are now just a phone call away for a historic church’s congregation. Since lockdown began, St Mary’s Parish Church in Haddington, like many other churches in East Lothian, has been uploading a weekly Sunday act of worship to
DEMOLITION of the former Wallyford Primary School, which has become a target for vandalism, is resuming as lockdown restrictions ease. The school at Salters Road was closed after a new £18.9m school was opened early last year at Futures Way to accommodate
STARK choices will need to be made by councillors in East Lothian as they face a £15 million Covid-19 funding gap. The council’s chief finance officer has warned that, unless the Scottish Government comes up with more funding for the local authority
EAST Lothian Council has been ordered to respond to an appeal against its decision to refuse planning permission for a £15million visitor centre “as a matter of urgency” by Scottish Government officials. National Museums of Scotland lodged an appeal
