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When you reduce health visitor/NN numbers, close children’s centres, & replace in-person family support with a virtual offer, you get an epidemic of children not ready for school in multiple ways. ‘School readiness’ is the barometer of national birth to 5 family support policies

After careful consideration and consultation we have sent the attached letter to East Lothian Council - news and information OBJECTING to their plans to close to mechanised traffic one of the two roads directly connecting Prestonpans with our neighbouring community of Tranent. It needs upgrading not closed...

This election is about independence, who is best equipped, and who has the best plan to achieve it. It is also about the society we want Scotland to be – where tolerance is the ruling ethic, poverty becomes history, equality of opportunity is the birth right of every child. /1

Labour: “The BBC’s cowardly decision to take Gary Lineker off air is an assault on free speech in the face of political pressure. Tory politicians lobbying to get people sacked for disagreeing with Government policies should be laughed at, not pandered to. BBC should rethink.”

These 2 girls from P1EC were excited to hide a book fairy book inside school today 🤩 #bookfairies #prestontower #WorldBookDay

GGC commented after publication that Andrew Slorance name was not on the list. This is a spurious comment, they did not say they’d ‘removed’ his name. Here are the emails in full, and as received, stating Andrew’s name was to be added to ‘social listening’

There is no meat on the bones of this plan when it comes to the main issue within the NHS workforce - retention Improving working conditions, morale and pay need to be done immediately otherwise you’re just filling a leaking bucket

My dog got a grass seed stuck in his paw which developed into a blood blister. Vet wanted to take him in overnight and operate on his paw at a cost of £750. So instead, I applied Sudocrem to the wound and within the hour it was all sorted. How do vets sleep at night?

scotsman.com/news/opinion/c… Im always asked if anything has changed since I was homeless on the streets fifty yrs ago. In 1976 I was thrown out of the care system after spending the 1st 16yrs of my life locked up in care in Scotland. Within weeks I had the equivilent of a £100 a day

0600. Back at Edinburgh Airport in hope we can board a flight back to London after BA cancelled ours last moment yesterday Big queue. Ground staff say other flights already cancelled this morning If you’re flying British Airways - keep checking your your emails/text for info

The British legal system at work🤷‍♀️ Not only did Sarah Moulds punch & kick her horse but she was also riding in an illegal Fox Hunt & took her young child along! She was allowed to beat her horse because it ran in the road according to a clearly corrupt judge & Jury 🤬

PTPS Glee Choir performed The Dome today to raise money for Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity. They had a brilliant turn out and put on a fantastic performance for the people of Edinburgh, all for a good cause!

Right, looking to solve a dispute between friends, Who was at the Eddie Reader gig at the queens hall Edinburgh last night? ..

We had a such a sunny afternoon for our Summer Fair today! Well done to our Parent Council for organising another fantastic event. One of the more popular stalls was Soak the Teacher - well done, Mr Craig, Mr Miller, and Mr Montgomery for stepping up to this today 👏

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Emergency services are currently attending an incident on part of the Cockenzie Power Station site. Members of the public are advised to stay away from the area at present. More information will follow.

We understand the incident has been resolved by emergency services, although emergency services remain on the scene for the time being.