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Dunbar coastal path upgrade

Walkers and cyclists are to benefit from an upgraded coastal path linking West Barns and Belhaven at Dunbar.

MUSSELBURGH: Pic of back doors to the Brunton Hall

Musselburgh councillor’s Brunton ‘Berlin Wall’ jibe

Council bosses have been accused of creating their own “Berlin Wall” to keep riff-raff out of the revamped Brunton Hall.

Broken windows at Our Lady of the Waves

Vandals target home of Cardinal in Dunbar

Vandals have attacked Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s intended retirement home in the wake of the Pope ordering him to leave Scotland.

Haddington Sheriff Court

Prestonpans woman swore at paramedic

A Prestonpans woman who struggled with police and a paramedic, who was attempting to treat her, has been placed on a community payback order.

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Funfair will continue at Bleachingfield in Dunbar

The visiting funfair will continue at the Bleachingfield, Dunbar, despite a complaint from a resident that it caused a nuisance.

Loretto Junior School pupils with and Henry VIII, an actor from the Horrible Histories stage show.

Gross and gruesome tales

Year six and seven pupils at Loretto School revelled in the barbarous and bloodthirsty antics of King Henry Vlll during a recent visit by the Edinburgh Festival Theatre Group.

Sport rss

Musselburgh Athletic v Lochee United

Musselburgh’s McKenna fires in injury time winning goal

Musselburgh and Lochee served up a nine goal thriller with the Burgh grabbing the winner in the last minute.

Horse racing

Musselburgh race night is music to ears of punters

Musselburgh Racecourse is banking on a holiday weekend crowd tomorrow’s (Friday) Pentland Land Rover race meeting.

Preston Athletic v Heriot-Watt University. Photo by Craig Gordon

Students receive a harsh lesson from Preston

Preston were looking to stop a six-game losing streak when Heriot-Watt visited Pennypit Park on Saturday.

Loretto School pupil Jessica Lemmon

Everything is ace for budding star

Loretto School pupil Jessica Lemmon has net her selection in the school’s 1st tennis team while only 12-years-old. Unfazed by her extraordinary talent on the tennis court, Jessica, who joined Loretto School as a boarder from St Boswells Primary in September, has already represented the Borders at tennis and has been selected to play for the South of Scotland.

Community hubs are key to creating a sports future

As the countdown to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow gathers pace, the excitement throughout the country is continuing to build.

Racing beauty Sarah Pritchard sparkles in thousands of pounds worth of Laing Edinburgh diamonds to mark the launch of The totepool Edinburgh Cup 2013. Photo by Rob McDougall

A sparkling partnership for Racecourse’s richest race day

To celebrate the return of East Lothian’s most prestigious and richest race day, Musselburgh Racecourse and Laing Edinburgh last week today announced their official partnership for The totepool Edinburgh Cup 2013.

Lifestyle rss

The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan. PA Photo/Warner Bros.

A jaw-dropping Twenties party

At every great party, there is that inescapable moment when the music stops, the lights go up and all of the imperfections, which have been concealed so deliciously under a cloak of darkness, are suddenly thrown into sharp relief.

Television

The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)

24/05/31 - What’s It All About? By a strange quirk of fate, Hollywood megastars Michael Douglas and Will Smith share the same birthday (September 25) - albeit several years apart.

The Great War by Peter Hart, published in hardback by Profile, priced �25 (ebook �12.34). PA Photo/Profile.

The Great War by Peter Hart

Peter Hart, oral historian at the Imperial War Museum, examines the First World War, charting major battles and small skirmishes to build an in-depth overview of the first truly global conflict. The sheer level of detail Hart presents is astonishing, providing combat formations and movements, weapons and military hardware used on both sides, and a wealth of knowledge encompassing all involved.

UThe new album by Various Artists, The Great Gatsby Soundtrack. PA Photo/Handout.

Various - The Great Gatsby Soundtrack

The Roaring Twenties sound gets revamped to accompany Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire and hit cinemas on May 16.

The Red Hot Chilli Pipers launch Trade on the Tyne.

‘Best ever’ line-up at Trad on the Tyne

The “best ever” programme has been announced for this year’s Trad on the Tyne in Haddington.

Dog sign

Country Corner

This week I reproduce a poster widely used by East Lothian Ranger Service over recent years.

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New station rises from the ashes

Work to rebuild North Berwick Fire Station, which was destroyed by a blaze in December, is to start in June.

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Letters to the Editor

Left to right: June Douglas Hamilton, Bryan Ross and Kate Maynard.

Portrait bought for new look coastal communities museum

A portrait of a famous North Berwick citizen has been purchased for the revamped museum in North Berwick at a cost of £6,000.

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