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Search launched to find two missing teenagers
A SEARCH has been launched for two missing teenagers, who may have travelled to Edinburgh. Police have launched an appeal for help to try to find Ben McDougall and Stuart Munro. Thirteen-year-old Ben was last seen at about 8.40pm on Sunday
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Green light for coaching business near airfield
A SPORTS performance coaching business has been given the green light to set up home at East Fortune. Sandy Pate’s plans for the building, near East Fortune Airfield, were revealed earlier this year. East Lothian Council’s planning department
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Vet column: What to consider when taking your pet on holiday with you
AS WE MOVE into March and the beginnings of spring, I start thinking about holidays and where in the world I would like to be. Unfortunately, I still have a job to do and won’t be holidaying for a month or two, but it doesn’t stop me dreaming.
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Group's 1,650-mile cycle raises more than £20,000 for good cause
THREE East Lothian cyclists have raised more than £20,000 by taking on a 1,650-mile challenge, and an ascent twice the size of Mount Everest. Anthony Stodart and James Fisher, from North Berwick, and Chris Lockett, from Dunbar, joined Mark Morriss
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Independent opticians to close second branch as another town loses its only opticians
Tranent’s only opticians is set to close its doors with patients at the independent practice now being urged to go to Musselburgh for appointments. Montgomery Optometrists closed its Prestonpans branch at the turn of the year and now the Tranent
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Pest controllers called after 'infestation’ of bed bugs found
A BED bug ‘infestation’ is being tackled in Haddington after East Lothian Council called in pest controllers. The creatures can hide in many places, including on bed frames, mattresses, clothing, furniture, behind pictures and under loose wallpaper
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Is it illegal to park your car in front of a driveway or on a dropped kerb?
Finding a place to park your car on a busy residential street can be frustrating and time-consuming, seeing many drivers opt for any available 'space'. Sometimes, drivers will park in front of a driveway despite the possible ramifications surrounding
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Irish folk band head to village for live music
LIVE music will fill West Barns Village Hall later this month. Irish folk band The Jeremiahs comprise four musicians with the common goal of writing, composing and performing folk songs and music. They promise a mixture of newly composed songs
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Street is named after legendary Scottish sportsman
A STREET outside East Lothian’s indoor bowling arena has been named after one of the sport’s greatest ever players. Willie Wood Way has been named in recognition of the achievements of the star, who has competed in eight Commonwealth Games.
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‘Fantastic feedback’ after reopening of town charity shop
A CHARITY shop which has been on Dunbar High Street for nearly 30 years has reopened after a refit. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland declared the reopening of its Dunbar store last month a “huge success”. Diane Mckervail, Chest Heart & Stroke
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Tower to host ‘soft opening’ as refurbishment nears completion
A “soft opening” of Preston Tower to the public will take place at the end of the month as work at the tower nears completion. A significant amount of grant-funded repair work, valued at £1.1 million, has taken place at the tower, parts of which
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Residents invited to hear geological story of the River Esk
Residents in the Musselburgh area are invited to hear the geological story of the River Esk at the next Esk Valley Trust evening talk. The speaker is Angus Miller, an Edinburgh-based geologist and teaching fellow at the Centre for Open Learning
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Volunteers clear 26 bags of rubbish from county beach
Volunteers helped clear 26 bags of rubbish from North Berwick’s East Beach last Saturday. The event, supported by the Scottish Seabird Centre, Scottish Coastal Clean Up and Clean Coast Outer Hebrides, saw hard-working volunteers collect 315.75kg
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Concerns town is being used as ‘a car park for Edinburgh’
A meeting held to launch a business association in Tranent expressed a strong desire to improve parking so the town is no longer used as a “car park for Edinburgh”. About 20 businesses attended the meeting at The Tower Kitchen last month to discuss
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Man admonished after breaching bail conditions by failing to answer door to police
A PRESTONPANS man has been admonished after he admitted twice breaching bail conditions. David Couch was granted bail at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on September 9, 2022, with the condition he stayed within his home on the town’s Middleshot Square