East Lothian

Brian, who lives in Prestonpans in East Lothian, told BBC Scotland News how he was "anxious and nervous" at the thought of the operation.

The following week, East Lothian Council said children in two of their primary schools with gender neutral toilets would be directed to use separate facilities in future.

In two of those local authorities, East Lothian and Stirling, reductions in capital funding were forecast to offset increases in revenue funding, resulting in a real-terms reduction in their overall budget.

A pilot has died after a light aircraft crashed in East Lothian.

In this case, it contributes to two high-voltage subsea links - one from Torness in East Lothian to County Durham, the other from Fife to landfall in Lincolnshire and on to Norfolk, while installing new substations and overhead transmission cables, often facing the headwind of local resident opposition.