SOME disruption was still hitting the Far North Line on Tuesday – following Monday’s suspension of Inverness-Wick services during “extreme weather”.
A FURTHER 67 new Covid-19 cases have been detected across the NHS Highland area.
Alness and Invergordon reported 72 and 42 Covid infections respectively in the seven days to January 7.
DOZENS of cancellations were causing major disruption for Highland rail passengers on Monday morning – amid two active weather warnings.
ALL trains in the Highlands are likely to be disrupted by "extreme weather" over the next 24 hours, Network Rail Scotland has warned.
TWO Highland care homes have had outbreaks of Covid-19, NHS Highland has confirmed.
HIGHLANDERS are being warned to expect further potentially disruptive snowfall.
THE Covid-19 infection rate in the Highlands has fallen slightly – but still sits above 200 cases per 100,000 people.
WITNESSES are being sought after a wall was damaged at a Sutherland visitor centre.
TWO new weather warnings have been issued by the Met Office - amid concerns that rain and a partial thaw could cause localised flooding.
THE Highlands recorded their coldest night of the winter so far, while other parts of Scotland saw the mercury fall further than it has in a decade.
Alness' 72 cases means it has an infection rate four times higher than Scotland's, while Invergordon's is more than twice the national level
FIFTY-eight new Covid-19 cases have been detected across the NHS Highland region in the past day.
FORECASTS for plummeting temperatures followed by freezing rain and sleet have sparked a fresh Met Office weather warning.
GOLD false teeth, a framed century-old Highland map, and £5000 of camera kit were among the bizarre items left at Travelodge's Inverness hotels.
ONE-hundred new Covid-19 cases were detected across the NHS Highland area in the past day.
But half of all care home residents in Scotland have now received their first Covid vaccination, the First Minister also revealed.
MOTORISTS and pedestrians have been urged to take care after overnight snow and sleet left many routes in a treacherous condition.
THE Covid infection rate across Highland Council has broken records again – after it rose to 212.9 cases per 100,000 people.
A FURTHER 83 Covid-19 cases were detected across the NHS Highland region in the past day.