FLOOD alerts are in force in Sutherland as milder air begins to trigger a thaw over the Highland snow fields.
HUGE snow drifts were continuing to cause major disruption on Highland railway lines on Monday.
LOVE-sick singles are finding it harder than ever to find dates thanks to the pandemic – but that has not squashed their romantic side.
A LIFELINE increase in Universal Credit during the pandemic must be retained, a councillor believes.
NHS Highland has recorded 25 further positive tests for the coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
WORK has begun on a new £1.3 million maintenance programme aimed at protecting the Cromarty Bridge's foundations from the sea.
It comes after the health board's number of coronavirus intensive care patients reached another record level for the pandemic.
LAST night’s deep freeze saw the coldest February temperature recorded since 1955, even topping figures during the infamous snow of the winter of ‘63.
A DEEP freeze which sent temperatures lower than at any point for 26 years has led to "challenging" conditions on the rail network.
TEMPERATURES in Sutherland have plunged to a frigid -22C amid warnings from police to avoid unnecessary travel
THE coldest UK temperature for a decade has already been surpassed just hours later – with the mercury falling in one Highland spot to -18.8C by 9pm.
AREAS without snow have been left "tinder dry" and pose an "extreme" risk of wildfire, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has warned.
NHS Highland has detected another 19 Covid-19 cases in the past day
THE UK's coldest temperature for more than a decade has been recorded in Sutherland – after the mercury plummeted across the region last night.
A FURTHER 32 positive tests for the coronavirus were recorded across the NHS Highland health board area in the past 24 hours.
Altnaharra saw the mercury dip to -15.6C overnight.
NINE Covid patients were in intensive care in NHS Highland sites last night.
ANOTHER 47 positive tests for Covid-19 have been recorded across the NHS Highland health board area in the past day.
BEAR Scotland has released video of one of its ploughs battling deep snow on the same trunk road where up to 20 vehicles became stranded last night.
RAILWAY ploughs are being deployed to try to clear parts of the Highland mainline closed by heavy snow.