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Edinburgh Live
National
Marie Sharp

East Lothian council leader wishes he could ban parents from driving children to school

A councillor has joked that parents should be 'banned' from driving their children to a new primary school, as plans were approved.

The new Whitecraig Primary School, in East Lothian, will mimic a colliery building, using charcoal and copper materials to reflect the local community's mining heritage in a 'bold and innovative' design.

And planners say the two-storey high arrival hall has been inspired by the Scottish Mining Museum’s main function hall.

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