A STUNNING film by a Capital cameraman which shows the creation of the two Kelpie statues in Falkirk has wowed audiences in New York. Being screened as part of Scotland Week, the time-lapse film by the award-winning Edinburgh film-maker Walid Salhab had its world premiere in the Big Apple, while two smaller versions of the Kelpies are exhibited only a few blocks away from the Empire State Building.

Hundreds of people are in danger of being cut off from public transport to schools, hospitals and shops after it emerged a bus route serving local villages is facing being scrapped. Bus service 328, run by Edinburgh Coach Lines (ECL), and part-funded by both East Lothian and Midlothian councils, takes a circle route from Levenhall via Dalkeith and Musselburgh and provides the residents of several villages with their only access to public transport.

A stalwart of the Citizens Advice Bureau, who has helped tens of thousands of clients during a rewarding 30-year career, is set to retire. Born in Glasgow, Anne Hastie attended Knightswood Secondary School in the West End, but left education at 15 to work as a secretary at Glasgow City Chambers. A summer romance at the age of 13 sparked a life-long love affair with husband Alex, with whom she tied the knot aged 19.