Oban

A patient takes their own life in Scotland's mental health hospitals nearly every five weeks on average, new figures show.

In just a year and a half, at least eight victims of drug misuse have been buried in Oban's Pennyfuir cemetery.

Operating theatres at Lorn & Islands Hospital experienced "significant" damage with surgeries cancelled for the rest of the week.

The oldest large ship in the CalMac fleet is redeployed after MV Glen Sannox comes into service

Malcolm Sloss, 72, was sentenced to 13 years in jail and found guilty of 10 charges of abuse to women and girls.

A tremor with a magnitude of 2.9 on the Richter scale was recorded in Kinloch, Lochaber.

The ferry operator has been forced to cut passengers numbers on its MV Isle of Mull vessel0 to 45 after it failed a safety check.

Gusts of 82mph were recorded at Kirkwall on Orkney and at South Uist in the Outer Hebrides.