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Royal Mail have asked people to give their posties a thumbs up - here's why
Royal Mail is asking its customers to show their appreciation for their postie by giving them a ‘thumbs up’ - from a safe two metres distance - as they go about their rounds. Here's what you need to know. 'Contact free delivery' A spokesman
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Pink door gets green light
A NORTH Berwick resident who was ordered to apply for planning permission after painting her door pink received six letters supporting her colour choice. The stunned home owner was ordered to make a retrospective planning application by East Lothian
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Eco school celebrates second green flag award
SALTOUN Primary School has been awarded its second green flag, in recognition of its work as an eco-friendly school. It held a flag-raising ceremony last month, before schools closed, to celebrate the occasion and the achievements of the school
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Belhaven Brewery gives huge boost to folk band
A FOLK band has received a career-changing sum of money thanks to Scotland’s oldest working brewery. Kinnaris Quintet were named the winners of the Belhaven Bursary at MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards in Aberdeen. Belhaven Brewery, which toasted
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Let us race, pleads racecourse boss
Horse racing could take place behind closed doors as independent courses fight to survive the coronavirus lockdown. Musselburgh Racecourse general manager Bill Farnsworth says the only way to save the sport is to allow racing to resume. Racing
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Fundraising event to help horses called off due to coronavirus
HARELAW Equestrian Centre near Longniddry has postponed a planned fundraiser next month due to raise money to help a charity find a cure for “the cancer of the horse world”. The centre lost seven of its horses to grass sickness in 2014, a disease
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Special kit bags helping young footballers keep active
BUDDING young footballers are honing their skills during the coronavirus lockdown. Coaches for the Dunbar United Colts under-nines girls’ team – Craig Dilworth, Fraser Docherty, John Chapman and David Muir – spent more than £300 on special kit
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Two men spotted acting suspiciously in Dunbar
POLICE in Dunbar are appealing for witnesses after two men were spotted acting suspiciously in the town last night (Sunday). The men were in Spott Road between 9pm and 9.45pm. They were also in a white high sided transit van in the same area
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Haddington on the lookout for new head coach
HADDINGTON RFC will begin their new season with a new head coach. Kieran Cooney had led the Scarlets to the top of the East League Division One table when the season was halted last month. It is not yet known when a new season will get under
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Footballers keeping up fitness as the wait goes on
RUNNING, running and more running has been the limit of the exercise for East Lothian’s footballers in the last month. East of Scotland football – like sport across the country – ground to a halt last month due to the coronavirus outbreak. Team-mates
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North Berwick hotel keeping its doors open for key workers
A NORTH Berwick hotel is providing free rooms for key workers during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown. The Nether Abbey Hotel shut its doors to the public last month for the first time since 1958, and all its staff are observing the stay-at-home
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Tributes after death of 'uplifting and optimistic' foster carer
A FAMILY have paid tribute to their kind-hearted mum, who fostered more than 50 children, after she died suddenly at home. Ross Chisholm described his mum Hazel Chisholm as “a really optimistic and uplifting person”. Twenty-eight-year-old Ross
