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Peeps into the Past: Bogus doctor alert made headlines
WE TAKE a look at the stories making headlines in East Lothian 25, 50 and 100 years ago. 25 years ago A BOGUS doctor alert made the front page of the East Lothian Courier on May 7, 1999. An all-county alert was flashed this week after it
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Road closure in the centre of town to last 11 days
AN 11-DAY road closure at the centre of Dunbar begins on Monday. Utility works will be carried out on the town’s Church Street until May 24. The works take place from Church Street’s junction with Cossars Wynd and Stable Court to outside Sea
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Haddington congregations unite for service to help Burundi
A SPECIAL service uniting congregations throughout Haddington takes place on Sunday. The ecumenical service at St Mary’s Parish Church is part of Christian Aid Week. The focus this year is on Burundi in east Africa, where 70 per cent of the
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Martin Whitfield MSP column: John Swinney is just more of the same
SCOTTISH politics has been through another turbulent couple of weeks, after Humza Yousaf’s decision to dump the Greens and end their coalition left the SNP in disarray. That ill-fated move has now cost him his job and ushered in John Swinney as
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County musician performs on Channel 4 TV show The Piano
NICOLE Baird, who works at the Mansfield School of Music in Musselburgh, is set to star in Sunday's episode of The Piano on Channel 4. She announced her involvement in the Channel 4 programme on social media, saying she was "excited" and "grateful
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Busy day for East Lothian's football sides as season heats up
IT IS the end of the league season for many of the football sides in the top tier of the East of Scotland Football League (EoSFL). Musselburgh Athletic and Haddington Athletic both wrap up their league campaigns with away trips. The Honest
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Former council chairman hands in objections to Musselburgh flood plans
ABOUT 90 letters of objection to the Musselburgh Flood Protection Scheme (MFPS) have been handed into East Lothian Council’s headquarters in Haddington. Ninety-six-year-old George Wanless, former chairman of East Lothian District Council, and Christine
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Northern Lights put on incredible East Lothian show
THE 'wows' could be heard from garden to garden, street to street late last night - as the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights, put on a spectacular sky show across East Lothian and beyond. The most powerful geomagnetic storm in nearly 20 years
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Teenager spat on bus driver, then later punched a woman in the head and had a knife
A TRANENT teenager who spat on a bus driver and then 12 months later punched a woman on the head will be sentenced later this month. Ryan Owens assaulted the bus driver when he was 16 by spitting on his body during an incident on London Road, Edinburgh