The Latest Breaking News from East Lothian

Children who stayed at the boarding school, Loretto, in Musselburgh, East Lothian, were exposed to risks of sexual, physical and emotional abuse, an inquiry has found

The care home was warned it could have its registration cancelled if it did not improve amid concerns that residents with continence issues were only receiving a shower or bath once a week and needed to be encouraged to get out of bed more

The carwash site was formerly a petrol station and cafe and lies just yards from a new retail park but planners said it would detract from its countryside location.

Concern over the impact on neighbours who share a front entrance and stairwell with the holiday flat saw planners refuse a retrospective application for a change of use

The former Herdmanflat Hospital in Haddington is at the centre of a three-month public consultation to decide its future after it closed several years ago. The site has been frozen in time with most of the original structure remaining

Eleanora Ambus' son started complaining of an itchy head after a walk round John Muir Country Park in East Lothian.

The council says the 'technical' masterplan will set out how best to develop site after it received £11.3million government Levelling Funding for it

After her son complained of an itchy head, caring mum Eleonora Ambus discovered the nasty insect stuck on her son's head days later and removed it straight away.

Colin Bone was left heartbroken after he was given the 'impossible news' that his mum had a brain tumour and tragically was incurable. It was only when Lucille started slurring her speech that alarm bells were raised.