Hamish MacInnes' £446,000 estate has been given to the Scottish Mountaineering Trust.

Scotland's avalanche information service says it has been one of its strangest seasons yet.

The fire broke out on Saturday evening in an outbuilding of the property formerly owned by the paedophile.

Mild weather has lifted temperatures by almost 30 degrees in just a few days in parts of Scotland.

Mild, wet and windy weather - and now heavy snow - have been a feature of the latest season.

National Trust for Scotland is repeating warnings of harm being done to the part of Glen Coe.

Climbers and walkers made the most of some recent fine weather to get into the hills.

The Cairngorms and Glen Coe have been among upland areas to see a dusting.