RAILWAY ploughs are being deployed to try to clear parts of the Highland mainline closed by heavy snow.
A FURTHER 38 newly-confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been recorded across the NHS Highland health board area in the past 24 hours.
DEEP drifting snow has forced the closure of the Highland mainline, Network Rail Scotland has warned.
MORE than 4000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have now been detected across NHS Highland area – after another 42 positive tests were recorded overnight.
AN AMBER snow warning has been issued for swathes of the Highlands, after the Met Office upgraded existing alerts.
MINDLESS vandals have forced the closure of public toilets in a Black Isle village after they “systematically trashed” them.
ELEVEN new positive tests for Covid-19 were recorded across the NHS Highland health board in the past day, Scottish Government figures have revealed.
A FURIOUS leisure centre boss has slammed false rumours that they have been refusing to let their sites be used as Covid vaccination sites.
SNOW warnings are now in place across parts of the Highlands until Sunday afternoon – after the Met Office revised and extended existing alerts.
DELIGHTED theatre bosses have received another £500,000 to help the Highlands' biggest venue recover from the Covid-19 pandemic's effects.
A FOURTH snow warning has been issued for the Highlands this week – with the latest covering a 54 hour window into the weekend.
Over 1600 cases were detected across NHS Highland in January – a total larger than that for the region's entire pandemic up to mid December.
HIGHLANDERS are gearing up for yet more snowfalls this week – with no fewer than three yellow warnings issued for parts of the region.
CONTROVERSIAL plans for new homes right on the seafront in Cromarty have been thrown out by Highland councillors.
LONG-running calls to restore rail access to an Easter Ross village will be boosted by new housing and a population jump, campaigners believe.
THREE fire engines were scrambled to a Ross-shire care home after a fire in the laundry.
A SPATE of mountain rescues has prompted a police plea for hill walkers and beauty spot visitors to prepare for the weather and stick to Covid rules.
ANOTHER 43 positive tests for the coronavirus have been recorded by NHS Highland.
MORE than half a million Scots have now received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
A DEADLY railway level crossing that has claimed several lives will soon be no more, after councillors backed plans for a replacement bridge.
