Transport

A Lybster man raised over £3000 for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance with a sponsored bike ride and talked about his encounter with a poisonous adder.

Footways on Willowbank and Broadhaven Road in Wick are due to be improved with works getting under way next week.

Roadworks on an A9 bridge have been put on hold - after engineers found a nesting tawny owl and chicks living within it.

Some drivers around Watten were perplexed over road signs showing a strange mix of English and Gaelic.

A woman has been taken to hospital following a two-car crash on the A9 in Sutherland.

Emergency crews are in attendance after a two-car crash closed the A9 both ways at Skelbo, near Dornoch.

Rail passengers on the Far North Line are being reminded that no trains will travel north of Dingwall for three weeks from this Sunday.

Highland Council says it has completed 150km of white-lining works across Caithness, Sutherland and Skye, with work ongoing elsewhere in the Highlands

Highland Council’s resurfacing programme in the Wick area “will make a great difference”, according to Iain Gregory from Caithness Roads Recovery.

Pentland Ferries’ MV Alfred is to remain as part of the Clyde and Hebrides ferry network for another five months after an extension to the charter.

A civil court case lodged by a couple at Altnabreac has been dismissed after the pair pursuing the claim failed to appear at Wick Sheriff Court.

Disruption is expected later this month when the Far North Line is closed for three weeks as part of a major upgrade of the track.

Works to improve the surface of the A9 near Dunbeath will see 10mph convoys and lane closures from next week.

A £300 million deal will help more than double the number of EV charge points in the Highlands before the end of 2027.

Geoff Simpson’s message to Eastern Airways is: “If you’re not going to do a decent job, just get out of the road and let somebody come in that will.”

Edward Mountain says original Transport Bill targeted high risk areas so people would comply with the new limits.

Almost one in four pavement parking fines have gone unpaid in the Highlands since the national ban was introduced.

Officials insist ‘few people’ who actually support the scheme engage with consultation.

Collisions between deer and vehicles typically increase at this time of year as young roe deer spread out to look for their own territories.

The extent of problems in Highland Council’s vehicle fleet have been laid bare after investigations revealed a series of “urgent” problems.