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The full list of Edinburgh school closure dates as teachers begin strike action

Scottish primary and secondary teaching staff across East Lothian will be walking out of work on Monday, January 16, amid ongoing industrial action - here is the full list of strike dates.

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian flat gets go ahead to be used as a holiday home

East Lothian planners have rejected a number of applications for holiday lets in North Berwick because they share communal halls with residents

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian coastal car parks face overnight parking ban to deter campers

The local authority is keen to promote wild camping but has been faced with visitors who arrive in cars, motor homes and camper vans leaving trails of fire damage, litter and even human waste in their wake.

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East Lothian councillors bid to protect land set aside for jobs from housing developers

The Local Development Plan for East Lothian set aside land for economic development but the council leader accused landowners and developers of failing to bring them forward with more 'lucrative' housing plans being produced instead

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian town's cemetery 'too full' to cope with new housing

The proposals for 195 new homes and 14 business units are for land which has been set aside in the council's local development plan to generate employment and planners said the benefits of the units did not outweigh the loss of the site

Edinburgh Live

Scots schoolgirl missing overnight traced safe and well after police search

Holly Monteith, 14, disappeared from East Lothian on Tuesday afternoon but has now been found.

Daily Record

East Lothian parents getting back to work to help support hospitality trade

Out of the 17 parents who took part in the first Parental Employment Support Fund initiative, 16 have gone on to positive destinations, the council says

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East Lothian patients travelling an hour for 20 second treatment to get help

East Lothian Community Hospital sees on average 50,000 outpatients every year - 20,000 more than were seen at its predecessor Roodlands, and offer services people would have had to travel into Edinburgh for in the past

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian tourists find hidden castle in Scotland with secret underground entrance

"In East Lothian lies a ruined castle famous for its Goblin Ha and tales of construction by a wizard, a team of hobgoblins and the Devil himself."

Edinburgh Live

New East Lothian takeaway gets go ahead after agreeing to frying ban

The takeaway is part of a new artisan larder and grocery store opening in a former sports store in Haddington

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian 'green' house labelled a 'blot on the landscape'

The proposals for the site included planting sedum on the roof to create a green mat effect which would mitigate the impact of the house on the landscape

Edinburgh Live

Woman's body found on East Lothian beach as police race to scene

Police Scotland raced to Gullane Beach at around 7.50am on Thursday morning after receiving reports of the devastating incident.

Edinburgh Live

Family informed as body found in search for missing Fiona Thomson

AN East Lothian beach has been closed after the body of a woman was discovered this morning.

The National (Scotland)

Woman's body found on Scots beach as cops launch unexplained death probe

Officers were called to the scene on Gullane beach, East Lothian, shortly before 8am on Thursday after the alarm was raised.

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East Lothian homeowner hits back after he's told new windows could set 'harmful precedent'

East Lothian planners feared approving UPVC window frames in the conservation area could set a precedent leading to damage to the character of the street

The National (Scotland)

East Lothian 'winter wonderland' branded an 'absolute shambles'

AN EAST Lothian "winter wonderland" has been described as an "absolute shambles"

Edinburgh Live

New East Lothian schools plan to be 'slowed' as council looks to cut costs

East Lothian Council has also agreed to mothball some offices, turn down the heat in those in use to 18 degrees and shelve plans to refurbish Musselburgh's The Brunton Hall

Edinburgh Live

Woman rushed to Edinburgh hospital after multi-vehicle smash on busy carriageway

Part of the A1 in East Lothian was restricted on Sunday morning after the two-car collision which resulted in a woman being rushed by ambulance to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

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East Lothian communities could share multi-million pound benefits from wind farms

Communities living next to renewable energy installations receive voluntary payments from the owners but new plans would see the funds split with some remaining in the community and the rest put into an East Lothian fund to support county-wide projects.

Edinburgh Live

Musselburgh boundary change would 'split community in two' council warns

Plans to rename the remaining East Lothian constituency as East Lothian Coastal have come under fire from the local authority who point out most of the remaining communities are inland with no coastal links

Edinburgh Live

Flooding stops East Lothian housing development as builder told to fix issues

Heavy rain last months saw gardens near the new housing estate flooded after water spilled over from a pond on the site causing alarm among councillors

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian recycling centre to operate seven days a week despite objections

Hamilton Waste and Recycling is Scotland's first carbon neutral waste centre and empoys more than 120 people at its centre outside Musselburgh in East Lothian

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian gets yellow weather warning for ice as 'Troll of Trondheim' hits

Met Office has warned of potential disruption due to icy surfaces in the East Lothian area of the country from tomorrow, December 7, until Thursday, December 8.

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian charity fund to help the poor gave just £70 to two people last year

The local authority announced plans to review 46 trusts it oversees with assets of more than £3.5million in 2018 but four years on Audit Scotland is calling on the council to make more progress

Edinburgh Live

Vandals target East Lothian beach toilets after £400,000 upgrade

Both beach sites have had work carried out to make their toilet facilities more accessible to everyone with £412,000 in funding invested into them

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