The new weekly recycling services for East Lothian households, due to start from 20 September, has had to be delayed due to a combination of external factors.

Residents should continue to present their recycling, separated in the blue and green boxes, and on their old collection scheduled dates until the new service starts from Monday 15 November. 

Households should continue to present their recyclable material as previously:

•           Blue box – for paper, card and cardboard.

•           Green or black box – for plastics, metals and glass.

•           Outdoor silver caddy – for food waste.

The new weighted bags are expected to be delivered to homes towards late October.

Visit the East Lothian Council recycling site for more information.

Saturday 11th September

Stage Seven of the Tour of Britain, the UK’s most prestigious cycle event, will be speeding through East Lothian on Saturday afternoon, en route from Hawick to Edinburgh.

Watch action as the riders zip by sometime between 2pm and 3.30pm. They will be travelling through Gifford and on by Pencaitland towards Pathhead before heading downhill to finish in Edinburgh.

The A J Bell tour of Britain website shows the route to be travelled over the day.

Now scheduled for Thursday 12th August

Monday 9th & Thursday 12th August

Many people have suffered from or been left concerned by possible telephone, online or in person scams.

The Consumers Association has produced a good guide to spotting scams which we thought might be useful.

They also offer a useful free alert service for new scams – you can sign up here.

Another resource is Action Line, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime.