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THREE local music venues were able to breathe a huge sigh of relief after being successful for funding. PJ Molloys, 1703 Dunfermline and the Woodside Hotel in Aberdour, have all received money from the Scottish Government’s Grassroots Music Venues Stabilisation Fund. Aimed at providing grassroots live music venues with emergency support to help address the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and prevent closure, the £4 million fund closed for the second round of applications on Wednesday, February 3. PJ Molloys has received £52,732 through the fund and Calum Miller, from the venue on Canmore Street, told the Press it will help the business massively in the coming months.
THE speed of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout in East Lothian has been branded “unacceptable” as the number of people receiving the first dose lags behind other local authority areas. East Lothian MSP Iain Gray (pictured inset) described the slow rollout across the county as “worrying” and called on Scottish Government ministers to “up their game” as the race to protect vulnerable groups continues. The latest figures show that 5,052 people had been vaccinated across the county up to Sunday, January 24 – 5.78 per cent of the county’s population. This placed East Lothian as the third slowest council area in Scotland for vaccines being administered.
NEARLY half of East Lothian’s care homes were still waiting to be fully vaccinated at the start of this week, amid growing criticism of the Covid-19 vaccine supply across Scotland. NHS Lothian said that 10 of the county’s 18 care homes had received the complete vaccine roll-out by Sunday, compared to all care homes in neighbouring Midlothian being covered. Meanwhile, the most up-to-date figures released by the Scottish Government revealed that only 4.6 per cent of the population of East Lothian had received the vaccine to date, making it the 25th slowest council area to see vaccines administered. East Lothian has one of the highest percentages of older residents in Scotland and is one of the fastest growing council areas.
A masterplan for the future of the former Cockenzie Power Station has been branded a masterscam after a report on its future was heard behind closed doors. Concern over a lack of progress in the transformation of the site, which was bought by East Lothian Council more than two and a half years ago, has led to calls for greater transparency over negotiations. An update on interest in the site was presented to a virtual meeting of East Lothian Council this week but the public were refused access as it was heard in private. The local authority spent £150,000 commissioning a masterplan for the site through community consultations in 2016, publishing their vision document a year later.