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East Lothian Council headquarters at John Muir House, Haddington.

Sex shops banned in East Lothian

An update aerial photo of the former Cockenzie Power Station site, courtesy East Lothian Council.

New image of former power station site revealed

Parents were issued parking fines after stopping on double yellow lines as they dropped children off at Dunbar Primary School.

Council cancels school parking tickets

Midlothian Council tenant Sarah Thomson has been left without heating due to an unpaid electricity bill left by the previous occupant

Midlothian Council tenant left without heating over £29 bill

New East Lothian housing estate left with 'path to nowhere'

Historic pub wins planning permission battle to 'protect its future'

East Lothian Council backs plans for new skate park

Briar Cottage is set to be replaced with home 'more suited' to its street in Gullane

Bid to turn cottage into new home sparks anger

Church could be converted to family retreat and conference centre

The flat used as a holiday let is on The Square, East Linton Picture: Google Maps

Plans to rent flat as an an Airbnb two months a year rejected

Parents call for increased security at primary school

Montgomery Park in Penicuik is a well used recreational site

Concerns after popular park included in plans to redevelop high school

Craig Hoy, MSP, is leading the petition calling on East Lothian Council to reopen Macmerry Recycling Centre

Petition to reopen recycling centre launched after rise in fly tipping

Yellowcraig Beach car park will have an 11pm - 4am parking ban.

Councillors asked to make parking ban permanent at coastal car parks

Council objects to wind farm in Lammermuirs

The drop-in event is being held as part of Challenge Poverty Week, in St Johns and Kings Park Church, Eskbank Road, Dalkeith on Wednesday, October 9.

Family tales of financial woes collected for community project

The new Macmerry Services is now open for business.

Service station launched on the site of a former racetrack

East Lothians’ newest service station has been launched on the site of a former racetrack.

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Prestonpans boxer Josh Taylor with his Freedom of East Lothian certificate.

Boxing hero given the Freedom of East Lothian

The main hall at Vogrie Hall with collapsed ceiling, leaking roof and fungus growing on walls.

Work begins to transform dilapidated village hall

Midlothian MP Kirsty McNeill.

New MP pledges to fight for fair council funding for her area

The original "industrial" look of garage was changed by owners to try and win planning approval

Woman launches appeal to save 'intrusive' garage from demolition

Sticker threatening to remove bin if misused has sparked anger

Council accused of being 'bin police' after stickers appear on bins

CGI of a block of nine flats in the Longniddry South estate, East Lothian

'Dismay' after plans for flat block on development approved

Planners deem East Lothian Airbnb 'unlawful'

Friends of The Old Newton Parish Church members on the colliery stairs

Community fights to keep Burke and Hare church

The fence would have been built here at Polton Bank, Lasswade.

'Harsh' fence rejected by planners in conservation area

Douglas Alexander has been elected in East Lothian

Labour's Douglas Alexander takes Lothian East from SNP

Countess Crescent in Dunbar was temporarily closed at one end during Covid.

School road closure made permanent after only two objections

A school road which was closed temporarily during Covid to give people more space, will remain shut after plans to make it permanent received just two objections.

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The Tower Inn, in Tranent, which first opened in 1902, was described as ‘the hub’ of its local community by local councillors

Pub wins fight to open beer garden on 'open space' behind it

Stock photo of burglar. By John Devlin.

House break-ins nearly doubled last year

East Lothian Council headquarters John Muir House pic Google Maps.

Fraud investigators find dead people on housing waiting list

Lidl, in Penicuik, has repeatedly lost its fight to light up its signs. Photo by Google Maps.

Lidl appeals over ‘garish’ sign refusal at Midlothian store

East Links Family Park has been refused permission to open on a new site.

Plans for family theme park move thrown out by councillors

The site of proposed house is subject to enforcement action over the unauthorised felling of trees.

Plans to build house next to home of real Sherlock Holmes rejected

Mavisbank House, near Loanhead, has been at the centre of a decades long campaign to save it from demolition.

Council bids to take ownership of the ruins of 300-year-old mansion

The application by Lansdowne Investment will see four new large commercial units built on the land at Straiton Retail Park, beyond the Asda store.

Straiton Retail Park expansion plans unveiled

The trees felled were on land off Newbattle Road, in a conservation area. Photo: Google Maps.

Council acts after someone pours 'weedkiller' in trees

The flat at Haddington High Street, East Lothian.

Roof terrace owners win fight to keep protective pergola

East Linton Gala is held in the village park. Pic Google Maps

Tiny village gala barred from selling booze

East Lothian Council headquarters John Muir House in Haddington. Picture: Google Maps

Cost of care set to rocket as council increases charges

Charity conference inspires big donation for animals in Ukraine

Danderhall Guerrilla Gardeners' young volunteers received certificates after giving up their holiday time to help turn a derelict site into community woodlands.

'Guerrilla Gardeners' take over derelict site as woodland

Haddington High Street , East Lothian. Pic Google Maps

Roof terrace owner claims neighbours throw things at them

Hundreds sign petition against cutting speed limit to allow cycle path

Window cleaners and taxi drivers will see the cost of operating licences soar under new fees proposed in East Lothian.

Window cleaners and taxi drivers to see licence costs soar

Residents in a quiet East Lothian town have complained they are living in a ‘war zone’ after their street saw a surge in antisocial behaviour.

Residents say they are living in 'war zone' after trouble

The Midlothian Energy site is nearly ready to produce heating. Picture: Vattenfall

New green energy network to heat homes nearly ready