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Energy costs mean students are forced to go to the library for warmth, says Labour.

Fears for students returning to university amid cost of living crisis

Labour MSP Martin Whitfield said the Scottish Child Payment should be raised to £40.

Girl walked to school with no soles on her shoes

Stock photo of Dalkeith Police Station.

MSP welcomes changes to Dalkeith custody suite proposal

Some schools have had to send classes home or close entirely due to teacher absence.

Only half of schools have any Covid cases amid school Christmas concert ban

Edington cottage hospital in North Berwick Image: Google Maps

Fears for future of last cottage hospital

Paul McLennan at Dunbar station

MSPs unite in protest at Dunbar rail cuts plan

Paul McLennan - SNP MSP for East Lothian

All three main party candidates in East Lothian now MSPs

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SNP candidate Paul McLennan has won East Lothian

Nicola Sturgeon called in at several shops in Prestnpans

Sturgeon visits target seat of East Lothian

East Lothian constituency map. Picture: Allan Faulds/Ballot Box Scotland

Close fight for votes in East Lothian

Kenny MacAskill has defended two cross-country trips he made during lockdown, after initially deciding to spend the current lockdown at his home in Moray.

Kenny MacAskill defends 200-mile trips between constituency and second home

In a lengthy piece analysing the challenges facing his party, George Kerevan accused the First Minister of abandoning the grass roots independence movement.

Former SNP East Lothian MP claims support for independence in ‘wafer thin’

John S Johnston was chair of Pride Saltire

Tributes pour in for the chair of Pride Saltire who died last night