A PhD STUDENT from the University of Edinburgh has collected 75 kilograms of rubbish while walking the East Lothian coast. Anders Jespersen, from Denmark, was awarded the Des Rubens and Bill Wallace Grant from conservation charity the John Muir Trust to walk the width of Scotland to pick up litter. He is hiking the John Muir Way from Dunbar to Helensburgh, aiming to collect every item of rubbish he sees on the way. In the 50 kilometres completed across Dunbar, North Berwick, and Longniddry, Anders has collected 75 kilograms of discarded litter. Anders – who disposes of the litter he collects in bins along the way or takes it to his car – said: “Litter is easy to ignore but once you start looking, you see it everywhere.
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West Lothian charity staff took fundraising walk all in their stride
Leonard Cheshire in Scotland’s Pinewood social care service in Livingston took part in the Kiltwalk to raise almost £2000
Pinewood staff conquered the Kiltwalk to raise £2000
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AN HISTORIC war memorial will be given a window to the sea in council plans to transform its surroundings. Artist’s impressions of the way the new Prestonpans War Memorial’s town square will be transformed have been lodged by East Lothian Council. It will see the memorial, which is topped with a sculpture by William Birnie Rhind, given a “noble threshold” and a new view. The council’s plans for the square include demolishing an ageing viewing platform which towers over the memorial and creating a picture window and Juliet balcony in the wall behind it, providing visitors with a view of the Firth of Forth and out to sea.
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