Transport

Emergency services are at the scene of an accident on A9 just north of the A9.

Fergus Ewing warns ‘never make the same mistake twice when you can make it five or six times and be sure’.

Airline passengers are being urged to use cash at Inverness Airport's cafes after technical issues with card payments continued into a second day.

Figures from Transport Scotland show the extent of closures on vital route for Caithness folk to access centralised services

Police have reopened the A9 near Golspie after a collision earlier today.

A road crash has closed the A9 in both directions south of Golspie, Traffic Scotland has warned.

SNP MSP Fergus Ewing hits out, claiming the Transport Scotland report is ‘no more than a sham’.

A street in the heart of Inverness will close for almost two weeks to allow for gas pipe works.

Police have warned “several” motorists over their speeds outside an Inverness school after carrying out spot safety checks.

In a Holyrood speech the veteran MSP calls for an ‘entirely new approach’

Laura Hansler says ‘it’s just beyond disgusting’ before adding ‘this has given the public no assurances, no reassurances’.

Flood warnings have been issued for several Highland rivers after temperatures jumped 30C in the space of just two days - triggering a rapid thaw.

SNP MSP Fergus Ewing also discusses the latest on the A9 dualling project, in his latest column.

The work is due to start on January 20 and last for up to three weeks.

The agency also issued a warning that starting early next month there will be further disruption south of Drumochter.

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

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

A bridge on a busy part of the North Coast 500 will be closed for several nights running later this month, Highland Council has warned.

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.