Transport

Ferries between Caithness and Orkney face severe disruption over the next few days due to the impact of Storm Babet.

Train services in the Highlands will be cancelled tomorrow and Friday as severe weather is expected to affect several north lines.

Neither Caithness – or Highland as the council area – get name checked among areas facing an amber weather warning on new Traffic Scotland webpage.

The Met Office has also upgraded rain warnings for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross-shire to amber; after issuing a revised red alert in the Grampians.

The council said its roads department is preparing itself to respond to flooding incidents when the storm hits.

She says there was 'more interest in duelling between Transport Scotland and the government than dualling the road.'

A separate yellow warning for rain elsewhere in northern Scotland has also been extended and now covers a large swathe of the Highlands and Moray.

A section of the A9 next to the Causewaymire Wind Farm was closed off into the early hours of Tuesday after a serious accident on Monday afternoon.

The A9 has been closed at Spittal in both directions due to a serious collision involving two vehicles

Brace for flooding when Storm Babet hits the Highlands later this week, residents have been warned.

Two rain warnings have been issued for parts of the Highlands, with a third alert – for gales – covering virtually all of northern Scotland.

North MSP Maree Todd is being urged by councillors to "take the lead" in pushing for funds to upgrade sections of the A9 in Caithness and Sutherland.

A three-month programme of roadworks is about to get under way at a busy Thurso junction in a bid to improve safety and "better serve the community".

Residents across the Highlands are being encouraged to get in touch with the council's resilience team to help local communities be ready for winter.

A young mum spoke about the damage caused to her car after two pothole incidents on Wick's streets in the space of a few weeks.

ScotRail have confirmed that lines have reopened between Inverness and locations in the south.

All flights have been suspended in and out of Luton.

The Met Office and Travel Scotland have issued severe weather warnings across Scotland

The operator says 'the greatest risk to a normal restart on Monday is on the Highland Main Line' where flood waters remain high.

Aviemore and Speyside are of ‘particular concern’ and the agency advises making the preparations in case of a flood.