A driver died after their car crashed and caught fire near Daviot, south of Inverness, on Wednesday.

"Unexplained" influxes of chemicals spark an appeal from Scottish Water for communities to be alert.

Police hope to identify properties linked to William MacDowell, who murdered his lover and their son.

The Met Office said Scotland - along with the rest of the UK - was on course to break the previous 1940 record.

People living near the scene have been asked to keep windows and doors closed.

One local man told the BBC his family had left their Highlands property as the flames were so close by.

The Church of Scotland sites include historic Daviot Church and St Laurence Church in Forres.

Some parts of the world have seen the annular eclipse, but from the UK there has been a partial solar eclipse.