The Latest Breaking News from East Lothian

The introduction of garden waste collection charges and reduction in household bin collections from fortnightly to every three weeks are also proposed.

Father and son's stroll along the sands in East Lothian unearths historic bullet casing from the Second World War that was likely fired by RAF gunners stationed at one of the region's famous airfields.

The gala attracts around 400 people with the majority of them children raising concerns about the need to serve alcohol at a family event.

With no obvious successor to the first minister and a waning appetite for independence, Labour senses an opportunity

East Lothian Council says the peak hours for electricity demand are between 4pm and 8pm every day and they want to discourage drivers who used nearly 100,000kWh of power from their chargers last month from charging during this time

There is growing concern over a man from East Lothian who hasn't been seen in two days. Christopher Gibson was last seen in the Tranent area on Wednesday afternoon

Main, 63, also deliberately used power tools in his home despite knowing neighbour Linda Thomson was on nightshift and made false reports to the police about their conduct.

Foxlake Adventures, just outside Dunbar, East Lothian, have confirmed plans to add to their list of activities by building the ultimate water assault course which is set to open in the summer

Calls have been made for the gift card scheme to target more retailers in the west of the county after it was revealed most businesses who accepted the cards are in the more affluent east

Councillors raised concern about foster carers looking after children who are not from East Lothian saying it should be 'local kids for local people, it is that simple'

Concerns have been raised about an unlit path next to one of the planned dispensers where anyone with 'malicious intent' could hide while the colour was branded 'garish'