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Picture : John Devlin. 02/12/2020. With nearly two-thirds of the county’s population already given their first vaccination jab, and one in four having received the second one, the county’s new Covid cases have dropped dramatically. Daily figures released by Public Health Scotland for Monday saw no new cases recorded in East Lothian at all and just two in Midlothian. Across Scotland there were 271 positive cases recorded on Monday (May 3), with no new deaths or hospital admissions. No new de...

•Swing to lose: 0.16% The road to an SNP majority runs straight through seats like Dumbarton, as do Scottish Labour’s hope of forming the main opposition in Holyrood. Jackie Baillie, Scottish Labour Health spokesperson, is fighting to retain the seat of Dumbarton. Picture: John Devlin Jackie Baillie has held the seat at every single Scottish Parliament election since 1999. But after returning with a comfortable majority of more than 6,500 in 2003, Ms Baillie’s grip on Dumbarton has been s...

As the UK government has stated “now is not the time” for another referendum to be held, we could see an informal or “wildcat” referendum being held, or a potential legal challenge. Either way, we face five years of constitutional debate and instability, at precisely the time when the focus needs to be on rebuilding our economy and public services in the wake of the Covid pandemic. There are clearly those with an interest in destabilising the United Kingdom. According to a report publis...

Scottish Election 2021: Greens radical policies need much greater scrutiny given they could be in government within days – Scotsman comment It is often said in business that the other party in a negotiation must be aware you are prepared to walk away if the terms of the deal are not to your liking. Friday, 30th April 2021, 7:00 am Patrick Harvie, seen visiting a Glasgow bar after lockdown restrictions were eased, may demand considerable influence in government before agreeing to form a coali...

Fenwick Island officials are busy getting ready for what looks like it could be a banner summer in the resort town. On Friday, April 23, Mayor Eugene Langan said at the council’s regular monthly meeting that, in conversations he has had with area real estate professionals, he is learning that rentals in the town “are absolutely booked through the fall. “I have a feeling it’s going to be a busy, busy summer,” Langan said. The report mirrors recent comments from Bethany B...

Updated Saturday, 24th April 2021, 1:28 pm It happened last night in Linlithgow when they attended a fire that had been deliberately set. The local station took to social media to highlight the appalling attack. In a tweet, the station reported: “Sadly, we came under attack last night by having bottles, bricks & rocks thrown at us as we tried to deal with a deliberately set.” It added: “This is not acceptable.” The fire crew also thanked Forth Valley Police who came to their assistance...

John Devlin’s second act, from outsider to world star  The local artist is acclaimed for drawing utopia, but can’t imagine a better city than this one. John Devlin doesn’t draw for other people. He doesn’t draw for museums or galleries (even though, right now, his work is hanging in New York’s American Folk Art Museum, Berlin’s Galerie Parterre Berlin and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia). He doesn’t even do it for the agents in London and Paris who rep...

Inmate found dead at Stark Regional Community Correction Center Repository staff report CANTON – Police are investigating the death of a prisoner at the Stark Regional Community Correction Center. David A. Unklesbay, 59, of Gateway Boulevard NE, was found dead about 6 a.m. Tuesday at the facility at 4433 Lesh St. NE. A nurse called 911, calmly telling a dispatcher that "one of our residents" is dead.  "I dont feel a pulse, I dont see any breath," she said. She directs them to come to "admi...

In that case, there’s every likelihood that SNP decisions and benefits, including free university education, no payment for prescriptions, free personal care for the elderly, and lower council tax than England, could be written off, as would the SNP’s plans to raise pensions. It’s reasonable that some don’t agree with absolutely everything the SNP has done and some support Alex Salmond’s accusations and want him back. But taking votes back from the SNP simply means giving up on indepe...

Submitting... In Edinburgh the typical house price is 5.4 times earnings. At the other end of the spectrum, East Ayrshire in Scotland has average first-time buyer house prices at 2.3 times typical earnings. East Ayrshire covers a large area to the south of Glasgow, with Kilmarnock and Cumnock being its main towns. Meanwhile, Aberdeen has seen the greatest improvement in affordability. Andrew Harvey, senior economist at Nationwide, said: “In Wales and Scotland, the respective capital cities se...