BELLWAY Homes Ltd has invested more than £1.3m in new facilities and infrastructure in Elphinstone... but investment in the community is not enough to mend its relationship with the village, according to a community group leader.
P7 PUPILS, staff and parents from Preston Tower Primary School in Prestonpans took part in a 5km run in fancy dress to raise funds for the school. Participants gathered at Meadowmill Sports Centre recently to take on the run. Runners donned a range of colourful costumes for the event, ranging from aliens, hot dogs and bananas to dinosaurs and even Darth Vader as they took on the challenge.
A YOUNG fundraiser from Aberlady was left shocked when a Good Samaritan doubled his fundraising total, after being inspired by his efforts.
A “MOVING” ceremony in Cockenzie has marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings during the Second World War.
An exhibition celebrating a historic county bus company is on display at a village library this month.
The chair of litter-picking group Tranent Wombles has praised the town’s Aldi store after litter was cleared from its car park.
A DEDICATED Scotland football fan will miss two national games for the first time since 1998 as he takes on an extreme seven-day solo challenge in complete darkness to raise money for a mental health charity.
THE decision by Prestonpans Community Council not to oppose planned boundary changes was “childish” and “bordering on tribal”, a Tranent ward councillor has said.
THE leader of a Tranent community group says he is disappointed with the “underwhelming” response from the public in their opposition to proposed boundary changes.
PRESTONPANS Group Practice is facing a 10 per cent loss in funding, which, practice doctors have said, will lead to thousands of GP appointments being lost per year and potentially months of waiting times for patients.
