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'Emotional piece of music' to get special Remembrance Sunday performance
AN “EMOTIONAL piece of music” will fill St Mary’s Parish Church on Remembrance Sunday. In honour of the 80th birthday of Sir Karl Jenkins, the Garleton Singers are performing the evocative Mass for Peace The Armed Man on November 10. The performance
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East Lothian Courier letters: October 10, 2024
Here are this week's letters: Clean energy I am pleased that East Lothian Council’s planning committee has approved plans by the owner of Staggs in Musselburgh to install solar panels on the pub’s roof. I have lived in a listed building
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Residents stage protest over locked gate preventing access to country park
RESIDENTS have staged a protest at a gate they claim is being locked regularly to stop them using it to access a country park at the weekend. More than 30 adults and children joined in the rally at the Old Craighall gate which leads into Dalkeith
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Incredible fundraiser smashes through the £50,000 marker
A DIP in freezing cold water, an adrenaline-pumping abseil and conquering the world’s fastest zipline have helped a determined fundraiser smash through the £50,000 mark. Catherine Alexander has taken on a variety of challenges in aid of Macmillan
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Find the sun and all eight planets on new solar walk in East Lothian
AN OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD creation involving schoolchildren and staff at three universities has been launched. Youngsters at Dirleton Primary School, alongside staff at Heriot-Watt University, the University of Edinburgh and Glasgow School of Art, have
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Newsagent’s had double amount of alcohol allowed to 'cash in on the Euros'
A NEWSAGENT’S shop sparked concern after it was found to be selling double the amount of alcohol allowed to ‘cash in on the Euros’ over the summer – while an employee who gave a false name to a licensing officer then had to be stopped from serving
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Tim's Tales: How an item in a statue's hand brightened my day
I WAS passing the Musselburgh Archer a few days ago. For those who don’t pass this way so often, the Musselburgh Archer was commissioned by East Lothian Council and made by Svetlana Kondakova and Maja Quille. He is made of bronze and is in
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Event to show how understanding different personality types can help your work
THE next Midlothian and East Lothian Chamber business breakfast in Musselburgh will focus on the different personality types at work. Taking place on October 30, between 8.30am and 10.30am at Queen Margaret University, the Insights Discovery event
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Royal Voluntary Service urgently seeks 10 drivers in East Lothian
A VOLUNTEERING organisation is urgently calling for volunteer drivers in East Lothian to help transport people to medical appointments. The Royal Voluntary Service wants to recruit 10 volunteers in the county. The charity says that its research
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Long fundraising campaign proves successful in day centre's bid for a bus
CLIENTS at Dunbar Day Centre could soon be out on the open road. Just over two years ago, the day centre launched an appeal to raise funds to buy its own minibus. Now, after a long fundraising campaign, it is celebrating the arrival of a brand-new
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Community rally round to support group offering surf therapy
A CHARITY helping youngsters through the power of the sea has thanked the community for its fundraising efforts. The Wave Project, which is based at Belhaven Bay, has received a £19,000 cash boost thanks to some creative and determined fundraisers
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Generous schoolchildren visit day centre to hand over gifts of food
DOZENS of tins and packets of food have been handed over to Haddington Day Centre and East Lothian Foodbank by kind-hearted schoolchildren. Youngsters and staff at The Compass School made their way to Haddington West Church for their annual harvest
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Star anglers head to county for special memorial match
NORTH Berwick angler Craig Ogilvie came second overall in the star-studded Colin McEwan Memorial sea fishing match at Ravensheugh Beach near Tyninghame on Sunday. Ogilvie, a self-employed joiner who has sidestepped competition fishing since he
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Work of talented students recognised at London awards ceremony
TWO students from a world-renowned furniture school have been recognised at a prestigious awards ceremony. Kevin Tronel, of Wedge Designs, was awarded ‘Best Chair in Show’ at the Young Furniture Makers Awards earlier this month. The Verne Easy
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Inspectors full of praise for nursery following visit
INSPECTORS were full of praise for a nursery in Cockenzie following a recent visit. Seahorse Nursery, located on Edinburgh Road, was award a 'good' rating for every category it was assessed on during the care inspectors' visit, which took place
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Man struck by gas canister thrown from window of flat
A MAN was struck by a gas canister after it was thrown from the window of a flat above, a court heard. James Thomson threw the small can of gas from the first floor window of his former home on Goose Green Avenue, Musselburgh, on April 18.
