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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Marie Sharp

East Lothian police plans for court house move delayed by budget cuts

Police plans to move 300ft from their current station into a former sheriff court building have been hit with delays after £1.5million in funding was removed from East Lothian Council's budget.

The local authority took ownership of the Haddington Sheriff Court building in 2015 after the Scottish Courts Service closed it along with a number of other rural courts.

But the court rooms have remained vacant ever since, and plans to carry out refurbishment work ahead of the move this year have now been put back.

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