Sam Berkeley
News Editor at East Lothian Courier
News Editor at @elcourier, sport & music nut, long-suffering Hammers, Quins & Vikings fan. Likely to break it down when the metal kicks in. Views my own. He/him
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Sep 6, 2024 |
eastlothiancourier.com | Sam Berkeley
A view of the Lammermuir Hills. Image: Google Maps A PLAN to install "huge" 200-metre-high wind turbines in the Lammermuir Hills has been opposed by East Lothian Council, as councillors claimed that the county had already taken more than its fair share of energy projects.
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Jul 31, 2024 |
eastlothiancourier.com | Sam Berkeley
Douglas Alexander at the Old Town Hall in Musselburgh on Saturday as he took in the Musselburgh Festival celebrations EAST Lothian’s new MP has revealed that he had people screaming abuse in his face during the election campaign as he spoke of his concerns for the future of democracy.
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Jul 4, 2024 |
eastlothiancourier.com | Sam Berkeley
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Jul 4, 2024 |
eastlothiancourier.com | Sam Berkeley
General Election 2024: 40 seats to watch (Image: Newsquest) AS WELL as Lothian East and Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, here are 40 seats to keep an eye on across the UK: Aberdeenshire North and Moray East: A new constituency, this seat shot into the spotlight when Conservative MP David Duguid – who is de facto the incumbent – was controversially informed he was not being selected, supposedly on health grounds, though he himself insisted he was fit to stand.
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Jul 4, 2024 |
eastlothiancourier.com | Sam Berkeley
General Election 2024: Five things to watch for tonight (Image: Newsquest) THERE will be many storylines coming out of tonight's General Election count. Here are five things to keep an eye on: How bad will the Conservatives’ defeat be? If, as seems all but certain, the Conservatives are ousted from government after 14 years, what will the scale of that defeat look like?
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