Transport

Police have reopened the A9 near Golspie after a collision earlier today.

A road crash has closed the A9 in both directions south of Golspie, Traffic Scotland has warned.

A Ross-shire family have cycled from China to Lochcarron, clocking up an impressive figure of 13,500km over 10 months.

The Highland Archive Centre’s records offer a fascinating insight into the region’s motoring past - car registrations in Inverness-shire from 1903-75.

The agency also issued a warning that starting early next month there will be further disruption south of Drumochter.

Severe weather was causing chaos for some Highland rail services on Saturday, after temperatures in parts of the region plunged to -20C overnight.

A bridge on a busy part of the North Coast 500 will be closed for several nights running later this month, Highland Council has warned.

He says an effort was made to ‘to deny the delays were because of failures by anyone in government or that uber-quango Transport Scotland’.

But in what is a major positive the Scottish Government appears open to accelerating work on the deadliest sections.

Tough conditions set to continue - but so are Highland snow plough champions

Thousands of Highland school and nursery children are set for another day at home as the cold snap continues.

Bus services parts of Ross-shire and Sutherland are facing delays and cancellations today after fresh overnight snowfalls.

Scammers are targeting Highland rail passengers with fake unlimited travel deals, ScotRail has warned.

But goods vehicles could see the speed limit increase on single and dual carriageways by 10mph.

The Met Office has extended a snow & ice warning into Friday for the Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire. It follows widespread disruption on Thursday.

Bus services over large parts of the Highland are cancelled this morning after heavy overnight snowfalls.

The works will see essential repair works to the south underpass beneath the A835, and a temporary footpath closure.

Snow showers and ice will bring further disruption to travel in the Highlands and Moray as a yellow weather warning has been extended.

High water levels and continuing bad weather are hampering efforts to inspect a road bridge that has been closed to traffic since the weekend.

Works to strengthen the bridge towers on the Kessock Bridge are underway after a delay to series of “essential works” was announced in October 2024.