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A RETIRED home help was among the first people in the Lothians to receive a Covid-19 vaccine at the new drive-through mass vaccination centre at Queen Margaret University (QMU) in Musselburgh which opened today (Wednesday). The snow brought by Storm Darcy that has battered the county, dubbed ‘Beast from the East 2’, did not stop the centre opening this morning as planned. Mary Foster, from Musselburgh, was one of the first to receive a life-saving vaccine. She said: “I think this is great, I’m really excited and I think people who don’t want to be vaccinated should think aga...

THE final preparations were yesterday (Friday) being put in place for the drivethrough mass vaccination centre, and first of its kind in Lothian, at Queen Margaret University in Musselburgh ahead of its opening on Wednesday. The site will initially be capable of vaccinating about 720 people every day at 12 stations. Attendance is by appointment only. It has an overall capacity of 16 stations for vaccinating up to 8,000 people a week. Teams of vaccinators will be able to deliver vaccines to people while they are in their own cars. When it opens it will become the third mass vaccinati...

Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A popular Angus beauty spot path is to be closed for tree-felling works in the £12 million Arbroath flood prevention scheme. The St Vigeans footpath is expected to be shut for around ten days. Felling operations are also due to get underway in other locations in the next stage of the multi-million pound effort to protect hundreds of homes from the risk of flooding. Work has also begun to create a site com...

PUPILS are due to step into a new multi-million pound primary school after the February holidays. Letham Mains Primary School, which is at the heart of more than 800 new homes on Haddington’s western edge, was handed over to East Lothian Council this week. Next month, following the February school break, the school will be open to pupils, although it remains to be seen when youngsters will attend due to ongoing coronavirus restrictions. Councillor Shamin Akhtar, who represents the town on East Lothian Council, is the local authority’s spokeswoman for education and children’s wel...

14 January, 2021 SHARE Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has launched a new initiative to promote diversity and inclusion across the construction sector, with targeted support for the industry’s multitude of SMEs. Through the DIveIN training and development programme, CSIC will give businesses the tools and skills they need – depending on what stage they are at – to establish or enhance their diversity and inclusion offering to staff. The 12-month programme has been developed in partnership with Equate Scot...