A POTENTIALLY life-saving device has been installed in a phonebox in memory of a popular teacher. Derek Smith, who was a teacher at Tranent’s Ross High School for 35 years, died suddenly in September last year. He was 64. Now, the West Saltoun Community Trust has renovated the phonebox – which no longer has a functioning phone – in the village, where he lived, and installed a defibrillator. Derek’s daughter, Catriona Hunter, will be on hand to officially open the phonebox today (Friday) in West Saltoun. Catriona, who had a younger sister Debbie – who sadly passed away more than three years ago aged 27 – and also has a brother, Euan, was “really emotional” when she heard of the idea.
East Lothian s coronairus cases are at their lowest for several months with the data more than halving in a week THE vast majority of areas in East Lothian recorded fewer than two positive cases of coronavirus each in the last week, according to the latest figures published by Public Health Scotland – the lowest levels of the virus in the county for several months. Between April 5 and 11, a total of 20 positive cases were recorded, giving the county a seven-day positive rate per 100,000 people of 18.7 and a seven-day test positivity rate less than one per cent. These numbers are less than half of what they were a week ago, when the number of positive cases recorded was 47 and the seven-day positive rate was 43.9.