Transport

FORECASTS for plummeting temperatures followed by freezing rain and sleet have sparked a fresh Met Office weather warning.

MOTORISTS and pedestrians have been urged to take care after overnight snow and sleet left many routes in a treacherous condition.

SNOW and ice warnings have been issued for the whole of the Highlands – amid forecasts for wintry weather overnight and on into Friday.

The council's road report for today in Caithness and other areas of the Highland region.

A MAN has been killed in a road crash on the A9.

A 'SERIOUS' road crash has sparked the closure of the A9 in part of Ross-shire, police have warned.

THE A9 has reopened following an earlier crash, Traffic Scotland has confirmed.

EMERGENCY crews are in attendance after a road crash closed the A9 in both directions in Sutherland.

PLANS to centralise Highlands and Islands air traffic control services in Inverness should be scrapped, according to north MSP Gail Ross.

Roads across the north are reported to be suffering from excess surface water after a couple of days of snow and ice.

Work starts in earnest next week to find best protection strategy but traffic disruption will be kept 'to a minimum'

A SNOW and ice warning for the Highlands has been extended well into Hogmanay.

A number of roads across the far north were affected by overnight snow this morning.

TWO new weather warnings for snow and ice have been issued for parts of the Highlands over the next 50 hours.

Road surfaces in the far north are reported to be icy this morning after another night of sub-zero temperatures in the Highlands.

It will make it more affordable to return to university in 2021 following the decision to stagger the return over at least six weeks.

A NOTORIOUS A9 accident blackspot will finally be subject to a reduced speed limit early in the new year.

The move follows the weekend's coronavirus lockdown announcement by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

HOPES for a White Christmas have received a faint boost after the Met Office issued a yellow warning for snow in the Highlands into Christmas Eve.

Almost 1800 road accidents involving deer were officially recorded in 2018.