Transport

The A9 was closed this morning following a two car collision in Sutherland.

MOTORISTS have been warned of disruption after following a four vehicle crash on the A9 near the Tore roundabout.

UPDATE (8pm): THE A9 has reopened to traffic on part of the Black Isle following an earlier road crash involving a campervan and motorbike.

UPDATE: (5.25pm): A SECTION of the A9 on the Black Isle remained closed this evening following an earlier crash.

TRAIN passengers in the Highlands were hit with travel disruption this morning after lightning strikes damaged signalling.

A FLOOD alert remains in force across Wester Ross this morning, amid a continuing weather warning for heavy rain in parts of western Scotland.

POLICE are set to offer motorcycle safety courses in Easter Ross and Inverness this autumn - and places are still available.

RAIL chiefs must commit to urgent investment in the Far North Line to tackle its unreliable services, Highland Council's leader has warned.

THE A9 has reopened to traffic near Alness following a multi-vehicle road crash earlier today.

A ROAD crash has closed a section of the A9 in Easter Ross.

TORRENTIAL rain is being forecast for parts of Ross-shire on Sunday – prompting a yellow weather warning from the Met Office.

MORE than a dozen motorists have been reported for speeding and another for careless driving during a police awareness push in Lochalsh and on Skye.

Roadworks on A862 and Maryburgh causing delays

ACTION is needed to target irresponsible motorists who use disabled parking bays without blue badges, a Ross MP believes.

MOTORCYCLISTS have been urged to protect themselves from thieves after "recent incidents" in the Highlands where bikes were stolen from sheds.

DOZENS of drivers were warned and 39 fined or reported to the procurator fiscal during a police crackdown at on parts of the North Coast 500.

A MOTORCYCLIST was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a crash in Wester Ross.

DISABLED access ratings at Inverness Airport have been downgraded by the Civil Aviation Authority, who claim it is resting on its laurels.

TRAFFIC in and around Inverness remains heavy after a campervan overturned on the A9 immediately north of the Kessock Bridge.

MONTHS of disruption await Wester Ross drivers again this autumn after Highland Council confirmed its latest round of work on the Stromeferry bypass.