The Latest Breaking News from East Lothian

Hero medics did a CT scan which revealed the dad-of-one had an aortic dissection and required immediate open heart surgery to save his life.

A bus known as 'The Crib', which was designed by inmates from an Edinburgh prison, has been destroyed. The mobile community hub offered support to vulnerable and disengaged people in Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Both the Bank of Scotland and the Royal Bank of Scotland are set to close branches in the capital or East Lothian. Around 13 banks will close physical stores in Scotland this summer.

Officers were called to Cockenzie on Sunday morning of Sunday, April 30, following a spate of vandalism and break-ins in the East Lothian town.

Objectors raised suspicions the sheds were part of a proposal to relocate East Links Family Park to the land but the farming family said they were needed for agricultural storage

The reckless moment was filmed by the perpetrator as he pushed the van over the edge of Cockenzie Harbour as significant damage was dealt to the roof, bonnet and windscreen

The owners of The Hopes estate said they need to close the car park three days a week, including on Saturdays, because they gather sheep there ahead of tick treatment but one councillor asked if sheep cared what day they were treated on

Planning convenor Norman Hampshire said people who move into former farm steadings in the countryside and then object to farms operating beside them was a growing issue in East Lothian

Two fire appliances and the ambulance service rushed to a car that burst into flames on the A1 westbound Bankton junction between Cockenzie and Tranent on Monday afternoon