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  • Walking festival encouraging people to get outdoors launched

    LOVERS of the great outdoors are invited to don their walking boots for the North Berwick Coastal area’s first-ever walking festival. The festival is being held next weekend, between August 6 and 8, in the town and its neighbouring villages.

  • Shop partnership aims to help town anti-litter group

    A GROUP helping to keep Dunbar litter free has received a boost from a town centre business. Dunbar Against Litter has struck up a partnership with The Original Factory Shop (TOFS), with the collaboration aiming to raise awareness of the local

  • Bid launched to boost youth work in Prestonpans area

    EAST Lothian Council is recruiting a wave of new youth workers and community development staff in the Preston Seton Gosford (PSG) area. Emma Brown, the ward’s Connected Communities manager, highlighted job vacancies for youth workers and relief

  • Hutchison delighted to sign first professional contract

    HARD work has paid off for a former North Berwick High School pupil who has signed his first professional contract with Edinburgh Rugby. Former Scotland age-grade internationalist Cammy Hutchison has worked hard behind the scenes for a breakthrough

  • Quartet of presidents for town's Rotary Club

    FOUR former presidents of North Berwick Rotary Club will lead it for three months each over the next year. The decision was made “due to unforeseen circumstances” as an alternative to one president for the next 12 months, after the club’s senior

  • MSP champions stunning coastal cliffs

    EAST Lothian MSP Paul McLennan has become a nature champion for maritime cliffs and slopes. The cliffs and slopes host colourful plants such as thrift, sea campion, Scots lovage and purple milk-vetch, and can be grassy, heathy or bare rock with

  • Widower raising money to feed world's poorest children

    A KIND-HEARTED Musselburgh widower is helping to feed some of the world’s poorest children after raising more than £6,000 in memory of his wife. Roger Crofts, who lives near the River Esk, is supporting Mary’s Meals, a global school-feeding charity

  • Tranent Infant School up for sale for ÂŁ100,000

    A FORMER primary school has been put up for sale with a £100,000 price tag – and a warning that prospective buyers will not be able to see inside without specialist equipment. The former Tranent Infant School has lain empty for nearly 15 years

  • Community service for outburst which left child injured

    A PRESTONPANS man who caused glass to enter the eye of a young child when he smashed mirrors and panels during an angry outburst has been placed on a community payback order. Liam Skinner, 31, culpably and recklessly broke doors and glass panels