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Qatar couple win bid to run Cockenzie Airbnb despite neighbours’ fears

Free summer festival can continue at historic East Lothian house

One of the oldest golf courses in the world, Musselburgh Links is a public course run by East Lothian Council. It may only have nine holes, but it has been the venue for the Open six times between 1874 and 1889. Two time champion Willie Park Jnr, from Scotland, was the last golfer to triumph there.

Plans to save World’s oldest golf course backed by councillors

Loretto RC Primary School, Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Loretto cut from Midlothian Catholic high school catchment area

Midlothian Council headquarters in Dalkeith

Midlothian Council demands bus concession scheme review

East Lothian council leader Norman Hampshire

East Lothian council leader defends colleagues over misconduct

Lothian Country service

Midlothian councillors call for bus concession scheme review

Councillor Derek Milligan outside Midlothian House in Dalkeith. Photo by Scott Louden.

'Funding scandal' putting Midlothian buses at risk, Labour claim

Midlothian Council to consider on street parking charges

Musselburgh Links

Council to consider £150,000 rescue plan for historic golf course

Alcohol for sale in an Edinburgh off-licence

Midlothian police warn of children stealing alcohol from shops

The accommodation would have housed 270 students

Musselburgh rejects six-storey student block

Midlothian violent crime up with five attempted murders in last year

East Linton Bowling Club.

Drink driving bowling club president granted licence to sell alcohol

A new The Ball Room venue could be opening in Musselburgh if plans are given the go ahead.

Edinburgh snooker club owners get green light for Musselburgh hall

A Musselburgh building is set to almost double in size as councillors are asked to approve plans for a new students residence in the town.

Building set to almost double in size for student flats

The field on the edge of Dunbar proposed as the site for theSpace leisure hub.

Proposed £15m leisure hub in ‘wrong place’ planners say
Planners call for proposed Dunbar leisure hub to be rejected
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The new secondary school is a replacement for Beeslack Community High School

Residents urged to attend public consultation on new Midlothian school

BBC star welcomes council takeover of historic Midlothian house

Haddington High Street, East Lothian

Hopes for East Lothian train station dealt blow as case branded 'weak'

The proposed East Lothian wind turbines will be 200 metres high

Inquiry into controversial East Lothian wind farm gets underway

The listed building is currently painted red

Scarlet East Lothian townhouse colour change gets approved

Cllr Connor McManus

Mounjaro makers under fire over ‘monopoly’ of brand

Artist impression of wind turbines at Newland Hill, near Gifford

Wind turbine plans spark community outcry

Artists impression shows walls and embankments which will be built as part of the Musselburgh Flood Protection Scheme.

Former Musselburgh councillor hits back at flood wall plans

Neighbours were worried about what would happen if the shed caught fire

Dunbar residents raise fire concerns over garden shed

Resident's concerns over parking and near misses were dismissed by council officers

Council give double yellows the go-ahead after complaints dismissed

Alternative measures are being given time to take affect before a final decision on speed bumps is made

Plans for speed bumps in tiny Midlothian village paused
The plans for more traffic calming measures in the “speed bump capital of Scotland” have been paused for the time being
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The protestors gathered outside the inquiry

Residents reduced to tears by flood prevention plans, inquiry hears

An East Lothian Council recycling bin lorry.

Garden waste brings in nearly £1 million for council

The plans to build a house in this Haddington back garden were rejected by East Lothian Council planners.

‘Crammed’ house in garden plans rejection challenged by owner

Primary school built five years ago needs new classrooms due to demand

A view of several electricity pylons

Council blames 'old' Scottish Power cables for street blackouts

Carfrae Farm Shop is getting ready for Christmas.

Farm shop's last gasp licence to sell alcohol for Christrmas

The building has sat empty since the pub closed in 2014

Pub to transform into high end restaurant after decade-long closure

Midlothian House, Dalkeith.

School transport cuts save £1m but council still faces huge overspend

Emma Morwood, an opera singer who lives with her family in Midlothian, has made it to the final of the Great British Sewing Bee

Sewing bee star given round of applause at council meeting

The Post Office is situated in the former WH Smith store on the High Street.

‘Solid offers’ on the table to save vital Midlothian Post Office

Holiday lodges branded a ‘blot on the landscape’ approved on appeal

A Bonnyrigg homeowner has appealed after planners refused to allow them to build a porch – ruling it was 30 centimetres too wide.

Bonnyrigg homeowner wins planning row over 30cm porch dispute

Headstones in St Mary's Kirk, Haddington, have been declared unsafe.

Headstones in historic graveyard at risk after failing safety test

Fly tipping has become a problem for councils across the Lothians.

Extra powers to tackle environmental crime in Midlothian

Cyrstal Clean Car Wash has been operating on this garage forecourt on Orimston Road, Tranent.

East Lothian car wash firm denied right to use power jets

A Bonnyrigg homeowner has appealed after planners refused to allow them to build a porch – ruling it was 30 centimetres too wide.

Homeowner launches appeal after porch deemed 30cm too wide

This terraced property on Shorthope Street, in Musselburgh town centre, was put forward to become a House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO).

Concern for vulnerable tenants leads to HMO refusal

Wealthy property investors were accused of ‘planting money’ in houses in North Berwick making it impossible for local workers to live there at a council meeting last week.

Property investors accused of ‘planting money’ in North Berwick homes

Artist's impression of Dunbar pharmacy with new prescription dispenser.

Automatic prescription dispenser gets go ahead in listed building

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