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April 7, 2015

Rural Community Broadband Survey Results

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The Haddington and Lammermuir Area Partnership have published a report summarising the results of the recent Community Broadband Survey.

528 responses were received to the survey, 69 of which came from the East Lammermuir area.

Unsurprisingly, a huge majority (80%) of respondant premises reported that they were dissatisfied with their current broadband provision. A massive 99% of respondants stated they would be interested in accessing superfast broadband in the future, and 72% of those stated that they would be prepared to pay more to have access to it, despite concerns that the rural communities were being disadvantaged by the lack of effective broadband provision.

View the report and find out what will happen next by clicking Rural Broadband survey – Summary report

March 29, 2015

WAR, WORK AND DISABILITY, Would You Like to Become a Part of Scottish History?

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Would you be interested in, and able to help with a new project being run by the Scottish Oral History Centre (SOHC), based at the University of Strathclyde. The SOHC want to hear from people who were disabled or became disabled during the period 1939-1950 or from their advocates, family and co-workers.

Some research has been done on this subject but the personal stories of those directly involved are scarce. Indeed, it is almost impossible to access the Scottish experience. By creating an oral history archive for Scotland the gap in knowledge will begin to be filled providing an important and valuable resource.

David Walker, who works with the SOHC, would love to hear from anyone who thinks they could help with this project. It doesn’t matter where you are based as David is able to visit you and capture your memories using a digital audio recorder. If you, or anyone you know fits the bill and want to become a part of Scottish history then why not contact David in the first instance on 0141 444 8367 and leave a message. Or, you can email him at david.walker@strah.ac.uk

For a more detailed account of the project click here

March 19, 2015

Council to Introduce Charging at Coastal Car Parks May 2015

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East Lothian Council are set to introduce charges at 10 coastal car parks, including Barns Ness, White Sands, Linkfield, Shore Road and Tyninghame at the end of May/beginning of June this year. The charges of £2 a day, £40 for a season ticket will apply 7 days a week all year round. Charging times will be from 8am to 6:30pm between April and September and from 8am to 4pm between October and April. A ‘Pay and Display’ system will be implemented and the revenue generated is to be used to maintain and improve its coastal facilities. Blue badge holders will not be charged.