Highland residents were waking up to what is likely to have been the coldest night of the winter so far after the mercury plummeted as low as -15C.
Key railway improvements which could dramatically boost train reliability on Highland lines may not take place as soon as hoped, campaigners fear.
The Scottish Conservatives did the analysis and then lashed out at the 'appalling betrayal' due to the “pitiful, snail-paced progress'.
A man who suffered a horrendous injury in a freak accident on a major Ross-shire route has thanked the unsung heroes who sprang to his aid.
The Met Office yellow warning for snow and ice comes into force on Friday evening and covers parts of the far north.
A Ross-shire stretch of the A9 closed following a two-vehicle collision has reopened.
The level-crossing on an Easter Ross road that was the scene of a collision between a train and car last week 'was functioning correctly'.
Roadworks are set to cause disruption on the A9 near the Kessock Bridge next week.
He says 'the promised autumn update on a new timescale has been missed – as if we’re not already used enough to missed SNP A9 deadlines.'
The Met Office has issued a weather warning for snow and ice from 5pm today (November 29) until Friday at 11am.
