UNBELIEVABLE: Prestonpans - Caught on Camera

Hundreds of revellers 'stranded' after late-night trains cancelled due to emergency

AN EMERGENCY incident on the train line late last night saw "hundreds" of festival-goers "stranded" in North Berwick and…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 3, 2025

Police appeal after man, 50, reported missing from East Lothian town

A 50-YEAR-OLD man has been reported missing over the weekend from a town in East Lothian...

The National (Scotland) · Jan 6, 2025

Tram tracks thought to be more than 100 years old found in Scottish town

TRAM tracks likely to be more than 100 years old have been discovered in a Scottish town...

The National (Scotland) · Dec 17, 2024

Closure of last bank in East Lothian town branded 'appalling'

The Royal Bank of Scotland decision to close its Tranent branch, leaving the town with no bank, comes seven years after they left residents in the neighbouring town of Prestonpans in the same boat

Edinburgh Live · Apr 20, 2023

Fight over plans to close East Lothian road 37 years after it was first proposed

The council says the narrow Johnnie Cope Road which links Tranent and Prestonpans was never built to cope with the volume of traffic it now faces and could be a valuable addition to its active travel plans by restricting access to walkers and cyclists

Edinburgh Live · Apr 19, 2023

East Lothian man jailed for pulling knife on schoolboy selling homemade tablet

Mark Harkness threatened the terrified boy with the blade and said he would “shoot” him as he tried to earn extra pocket money by selling the confectionary outside a shop in Prestonpans, East Lothian.

Edinburgh Live · Mar 31, 2023

Body found on East Lothian beach as emergency services scramble to scene

Emergency services rushed to the coast in East Lothian after police were made aware that a body of a man had been found on the beach in Prestonpans.

Edinburgh Live · Mar 2, 2023

East Lothian man taken to hospital after motorbike smash on quiet road

A 55-year-old has been taken to the Royal Infirmary after a crash involving a motorbike and a van on Johnnie Cope's Road in Prestonpans, with his condition unknown.

Edinburgh Live · Feb 8, 2023

The surreal mural commemorating Robert Burns set in a Scottish seaside town

Located in the East Lothian town of Prestonpans is a unique structure built to celebrate Scotland's most beloved poet featuring a mural inspired by one of his best-known works.

Daily Record · Jan 23, 2023

East Lothian man jailed after firing taser disguised as torch in children's skatepark

Jamie Garrity, from Prestonpans, was seen repeatedly triggering the device, which produced electrical sparks and made a distinctive crackling sound, in an East Lothian park.

Edinburgh Live · Dec 19, 2022