Transport

Scottish Government is poised to award the construction contract to Balfour Beatty.

Parts of the Highlands will be hit by heavy rain with potential impacts to travel and infrastructure, according to the Met Office.

Bus users will now be able to purchase Highland Council bus tickets through a dedicated app.

Essential resurfacing works which will close a stretch of the A82 next to Loch Ness for several nights are set to over-run due to bad weather.

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Rail passengers using the Highland Mainline face disruption until the end of the day, train bosses are now warning.

Rail passengers were facing further disruption on the Highland Mainline on Saturday morning after a broken down train blocked the track overnight.

A yellow weather warning for heavy and persistent rain has been issued for parts of the Highlands.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for the Inverness area.

Widespread showers and longer spells of heavy rain have sparked flood alerts for the Highlands.

Heavy rain and high winds will hit train services between Inverness and the west coast tonight and first thing tomorrow, passengers have been warned.

The yacht lost power and propulsion and was minutes away from grounding at the entrance to the Caledonian Canal at Fort Augstus.

A new voluntary £40 pass for campervanners & motorhome owners visiting the Highlands has sparked heated reaction from residents and travellers alike.

HiTrans are calling for information from the public after a popular e-bike scheme was suspended last week after a surge in vandalism.

Alex Cole-Hamilton says ‘people are rediscovering their Lib Dem traditions as they ‘miss that quality representation’.

The initiative is already helping hungry families in London - and operator is eager to set up similar initiatives at the northern ends of its route.

Last week saw the Hi-Bike scheme being forced to close down to vandalism, and this will impact many that rely on it for work and to ditch the car.

A new voluntary scheme has launched aimed at encouraging campervanners visiting the region to contribute towards the cost of tourist infrastructure.

The money allocated falls short of the steady state so ‘deterioration of the overall network will occur’.

An Inverness bike-sharing scheme has been suspended after a wave of vandalism made most of its fleet unusable in less than a week.