Column Dave Berry column: The debate on public surgeries following Sir David Amess' death
I REGRET to say this will be my last column for the Courier.
column Dave Berry column: A second Battle of Edington starts
IN 878 AD, Alfred the Great defeated the Danes at the Battle of Edington in Wiltshire.
Column Dave Berry column: East Lothian’s Dutch connection
DESPITE Covid and Brexit, tourist-oriented businesses around the county have mostly had a good season. The presence of many English staycationers has compensated for a notable absence of foreign visitors.
Column Dave Berry column: Sad quarter-century since lido’s loss
THIS summer drawing to a close makes it a sad quarter-century since we lost our last outdoor swimming pool.
Column Dave Berry column: Rising tides a cause for concern
LOOK at any Admiralty chart or decent shoreline map and you find a line wriggling between land and sea marked ‘MHWS’.
Column Dave Berry column: Summer, but not as we know it
HALFWAY through it, it’s been a funny old summer this year. The memory of 2019 already seems a long way in the past, but this year seems as busy with visitors. Even while a travel ban was still in force, local roads were getting busier, with chippies and takeaways back to life and parking getting tight.
Column Dave Berry column: ‘Sensible solution’ to rail issues
AN EARLIER column argued that the flood of houses into the county has not been matched by the necessary infrastructure.
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Dave Berry column: ‘Town planning is non-existent’
DESPITE the fact that East Lothian Council’s Local Development Plan allocating 6,000 more new homes is barely two years old and to be built between 2022 and 2032, developers are circling like wolves.
Column Dave Berry column: Remembering the miners who fought fascism
LAST week’s edition highlighted Andy Johnston’s stained glass window in Prestonpans Labour Club that celebrates four local miners who were among the 520 Scots who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War.
Column Dave Berry column: Remembering the heroes of the Arctic Convoys
ALTHOUGH we are approaching summer, two Fridays ago you would not have known it. It was blowing a hoolie from the north, with horizontal rain. Cloud cover made the day winter-dark.
