14th -15th September 2019, 11am-5pm Spott Road, Dunbar Dunbar will come alive with the thundering of hooves and crack of muskets, as the Scottish Battlefields Trust returns to re-enact the Battle of Dunbar 1650 as part of East Lothian’s Battle Weekend. Re-enactors from across the UK are expected put on an exhilarating display recreating a…
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County MP Martin Whitfield is urging East Lothian’s small shopkeepers to enter this year’s Best Small Shops Competition, celebrating the creativity of small shops and the central role they play in local communities. The Best Small Shops Competition is open to any small shop* operating in the UK. The competition is free to enter and…
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ScotRail has announced its plans for next month’s Edinburgh International Festival, with eight-carriage trains, more services, late-night trains, and more seats than ever before. The train operator will also run extra late-night trains on routes to and from Edinburgh Waverley, as well as adding extra carriages to hundreds of trains. This means ScotRail will provide…
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Places for People has been cleared to start work later this year on the first phase of a vibrant new extension to the village of Longniddry after East Lothian council approved detailed designs for 98 new homes. Phase one of Longniddry South includes the development of 39 affordable rent homes specially designed for people over…
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East Lothian’s Alandas Scottish Seafood Grill, Gelato and Fish & Chips is representing the region at this year’s Edinburgh Food Festival, which is taking place over 10 days at Assembly George Square Gardens, Edinburgh, 19th-28th July 2019. Alandas, which is based in Prestonpans, offers a fish and chip experience; where fresh prawns, beautifully cooked salmon…
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Ben Woodhams 6 July – 26 August 2019 The Scottish Ornithologists’ Club, Aberlady KYST is a solo exhibition by Ben Woodhams, a British artist living in Denmark, on the island of Bornholm. Every Friday in 2018, Ben walked a section of the coastline of Bornholm, making a record of the journey through sketching and…
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Queen Margaret University has announced that Sir Paul Grice, Clerk and Chief Executive of the Scottish Parliament, will be appointed as the University’s new Principal and Vice-Chancellor. Sir Paul, who was knighted in the New Year Honours List 2016 for services to the Scottish Parliament and voluntary services to higher education and the community in…
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With over 60,000 social media followers and a recently signed two book deal with Harper Collins, The Batch Lady (aka Suzanne Mulholland) is the cooking sensation of the year and, on Wednesday 12th June, Fenton Barns Nursery, near North Berwick, was lucky enough to play host to her first ever East Lothian demonstration. Admired for…
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Twenty-one of the Seventy-six car parking spaces at Dunbar station will be closed from Monday 10 June until Monday 11 November 2019. This is to allow for work on a new second platform to be carried out. More information on the new platform can be found at: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/scotland/dunbar-station-new-platform/ The temporary closure will see 10 spaces…
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Applications are now open for young people and families who want to discover Scotland Hostelling Scotland and Scottish Civic Trust are inviting young people and families to apply for Braw Buildings 2019, which will give them the opportunity to explore a new area of Scotland. This is the second year that Hostelling Scotland, which launched in…
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