Transport

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

With temperatures dropping across Sutherland this week, drivers are being told of household items they can use to help defrost their cars.

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.

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

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.

The north has been warned to expect another day of wintry conditions, as a weather warning has been extended.

Further wintry showers may lead to some travel disruption in the Highlands amid a yellow weather warning for snow and ice.

The public has until February 25 to make their views known as critics slam the scheme as a waste of money.

CalMac has announced that multiple ferries between Ullapool and Stornoway are cancelled, or at risk of cancellation.

Up to 10cm of fresh snow could fall in the Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire - residents have been advised amid new weather Met Office warnings.

Delighted volunteers at a heritage railway are jumping for joy after their locos featured prominently in the smash BBC show The Traitors yet again.

The chairman of the North Coast 500 had to spend time sheltering in an air-raid shelter in Lviv during a mercy mission to war-torn Ukraine.

Plunging temperatures and rain, sleet and snow falling on frozen ground are likely to pose further dangers this weekend, the Met Office has warned.