The A9 has reopened but "traffic remains slow" following an earlier one vehicle crash near Clashmore in Sutherland.
MOTORISTS have been urged to take extra care on the region’s roads following “a number” of Highland crashes and hazardous conditions in Caithness.
EIGHT Covid patients in the NHS Highland area are now in intensive care – the highest local number of the entire pandemic.
A SNOW warning has been extended to cover parts of the far north later this week, amid Met Office fears that Storm Christoph could cause disruption.
THIRTY-three Covid patients are now being treated in NHS Highland hospitals, but only 22 new positive tests were registered in the past 24 hours.
THE seven-day Covid infection rate in the Highlands has continued its recent fall - as lockdown restrictions continue to have an impact.
TWENTY-one new positive tests for Covid-19 have been recorded across the NHS Highland health board area in the past 24 hours.
THE number of Covid-19 patients in NHS Highland hospitals has reached levels not seen since late April, Public Health Scotland data has revealed.
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A THIEF has stolen hundreds of litres of heating oil from a Caithness address.
A COLLAPSED embankment has forced the cancellation of all trains on part of the Far North Line.
A FURTHER 81 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in the NHS Highland health board area in the past 24 hours.
A FURTHER 68 positive tests for Covid-19 were recorded across the NHS Highland health board area in the past 24 hours.
MOTORISTS have been urged not to drive "unless absolutely necessary" following amid amber and yellow weather warnings for snow in the Highlands.
MORE than 1000 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded across the NHS Highland health board area since the start of the year less than two weeks ago.
AN amber weather warning has been issued for heavy snow in parts of the Highlands later today.
A FURTHER 57 cases of Covid-19 have been detected across the NHS Highland area in the past day.
CRIMINAL courts in the Highlands are creaking under the strain of the Covid pandemic – after the number of trials was slashed by up to 75 per cent.
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.
