The Latest Breaking News from A9

Emergency services raced to the A9 at Dalwhinnie, which was closed for several hours, after the alarm was raised at around 2.25am on Sunday.

Road safety campaigner Laura Hansler made the case for an A9 national memorial when she spoke to MSPs on the recent citizen participation and public petitions committee about delays in making the route through Perthshire dual carriageway throughout.

Flames were so ferocious the fire crews had to be swapped out to relieve those at the scene at Dalmagarry, where the road was closed until 11.15pm on Friday.

Police Scotland are appearing for witnesses to the crash, which happened on the A9 in Perthshire.

The 63-year-old was killed on the A9 after his bike collided with a car on Friday night.

Councillors have tabled a strongly worded motion requesting Perth and Kinross council leader Grant Laing writes to the Scottish Transport Minister calling for deliverance of greatly improved road safety measures on the yet-to-be dualled section of the A9 near Dunkeld.

AN old bank building has collapsed in Thurso leaving several surrounding streets closed.

Members of the public are being told to stay away after emergency services were called to the scene in Thurso at around 3.30am on Monday.

Emergency services attended a two-vehicle smash on the A9 on Thursday morning which occurred on the northern edge of Perthshire with traffic diverted through Blair Atholl and Calvine.