4 h. ago Strong signals and stronger futures: GoFire and theSpace launch new youth fund in Dunbar

Independent Scottish broadband provider GoFibre has teamed up with community organisation theSpace Scotland CIC to launch a new youth-focused initiative in East Lothian.

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12 h. ago Urgent police hunt for three children feared to be camping after vanishing on Sunday

South Wales Police have issued an urgent appeal to find three missing children who are believed to be together. Emily, Logan and Talisha have not been seen since Sunday

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21 h. ago Scotsman Obituaries: Ulrich Loening, pioneering molecular biologist who led Centre for Human Ecology

Dr Ulrich Eduard Loening BA DPhil, biochemist and human ecologist. Born: 18 June 1931 in Berlin. Died: 10 July 2025 in East Lothian, age 94

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25 h. ago Mass search launched for missing teen who vanished from Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Harry McMullen has been missing since Saturday night from Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

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49 h. ago Urgent appeal issued to find man, 35, last seen more than 24 hours ago

People are being asked to look out for Adam

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52 h. ago Urgent appeal issued to find missing teenager last seen near reservoir

Daniel has been missing since Friday

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52 h. ago Wealthy Scots solicitor's dying wish finally granted after 85

A total of £1.6M is now set to be used by East Lothian Council to build six new affordable homes as part of a new development.

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64 h. ago Urgent police appeal after boy, 5, in hospital following 'hit

Two men have been arrested

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4 d. ago Urgent appeal for missing teen girls who disappeared from two UK towns

The urgent appeal comes after the girls have not been seen since the start of the week. Police are asking for any information that could locate the girls last seen in Cumbria

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4 d. ago Urgent search for British man, 66, who vanished in Marbella nearly two weeks ago

The man, named in an alert as Andrew JW, has been missing for nearly two weeks

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5 d. ago Raging driver screams 'move' at motorist during heated 'stand off'

A dashcam captured the incident in Musselburgh, East Lothian.

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5 d. ago Urgent appeal to trace missing East Lothian teen who vanished 'meeting friend'

Concern grows for 15-year-old who vanished after leaving home to meet a friend

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6 d. ago Urgent appeal to find missing man who may have travelled to Manchester

Alan was reported as missing in the early hours of Tuesday (August 26)

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8 d. ago Urgent hunt for two missing women not seen for months who 'may be together'

The urgent appeal to the missing women, aged 70 and 36, comes after the duo have not been seen for months - and police say the women 'may be together'.

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8 d. ago Police search for missing mother, 70, and her daughter, 36, who vanished from their homes four months and 65 miles apart

70-year-old Lorna Nightingale was last seen in Lowestoft, Suffolk, in February. Emma Nightingale, 36, was last spotted 65 miles away in Colchester, Essex, in June.

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8 d. ago Guitar dealer to the stars Norman Harris on George Harrison, Marty McFly’s lost Gibson and his secret stash

A new documentary reveals the man behind the unassuming shopfront, who sells instruments to the likes of Slash, Dave Grohl – and Chris Martin and Gwyneth PaltrowNorman Harris’s career as a guitar dealer went stratospheric one day in 1973, when he received a phone call from a friend. “He said he was with someone who needed a Les Paul,” recalls the man who runs what is probably the world’s most famous guitar shop. “But he wouldn’t tell me who it was. I went over to meet them and it was just my friend there. I said: ‘You made me ride all the way down here? You made it sound so important.’ And then in walked George Harrison with Mal Evans.” Evans was the Beatles’ former road manager. They had been next door getting pizza.The business founded in 1975 by Harris – or Norm as he is known to his starry regulars, awestruck window-shoppers and legions of viewers of his YouTube channel – has grown exponentially. It is located on a strip mall in the Tarzana neighbourhood of Los Angeles, alongsid...

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8 d. ago Urgent appeal to find pair of missing women, aged 70 and 36, who haven't been seen for months

70-year-old Lorna Nightingale was last seen in the coastal town of Lowestoft, Suffolk, in February. Meanwhile, Emma Nightingale, 36, has not been spotted since June.

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8 d. ago BREAKING: Portsmouth manhunt launched as girl, 15, 'grabbed' by man walking through field

Police have launched an urgent appeal after the incident involving a 15-year-old girl - we'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

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8 d. ago Portsmouth manhunt launched as girl, 15, 'grabbed' by man walking through field

Police have launched an urgent appeal after a 15-year-old girl reported being grabbed by a man in his mid-30s near the coast in Portsmouth - he was wearing a grey t-shirt and riding a silver bike

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9 d. ago Firefighters remain at Scots field inferno 16 hours later as smoke seen for miles

Firefighters were called to the scene in East Lothian on Saturday at around 6.50pm, with crews continuing to tackle the flames well into Sunday afternoon.

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