Transport

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain in parts of the north-east on Tuesday.

Various roadworks and road closures are set to affect Buckie and the surrounding area over the course of the coming week.

Drainage improvements on the A96 Huntly bypass are set to be extended until Friday, July 19.

The council has provided an update as torrential rain continues to batter the region - particularly in the Banff and Buchan, and Buchan areas.

Amey is undertaking surfacing improvements on the A96 to the north of Huntly between Wednesday, July 10 and Wednesday, July 17.

Road resurfacing will close the A97 near Gartly from Oldnoth to Newnoth for five days from Monday, July 8.

Amey will deliver road safety improvements on the A96 at Bridge of Carden near the village of Oyne.

A number of roadworks are set to be ongoing in and around Buckie over the course of the coming week.

Amey roadworkers across the north-east have been fitted with body-worn video cameras to enhance their safety and capture high-quality video evidence.

Stagecoach has confirmed that free travel will be available on its services for military and ex-military personnel on Armed Forces Day weekend.

Road users are advised that owing to patching work, the B9031 road will be closed for five days starting from Monday, July 8.

A section of the A96 road is set to benefit from a £350,000 road surfacing scheme that will deliver improvements to the carriageway.

A section of Barhill Road in Buckie is set to reopen this week.

TWO Moray bus routes are being scrapped by Stagecoach, in sweeping cuts to local services which could lead to redundancies.

STAGECOACH are consulting with staff at its Insch depot, as they consider its closure.

Daytime delays expected while efforts made to stop continuing problem.

Diverted traffic will have to take the A route to Craigellachie and Keith while closures are in place north of Huntly.

A NUMBER of roadworks in and around Buckie are set to get under way this week.

Fines will now be issued to motorists who drive in the zone in a non-compliant vehicle.

Action is finally on the horizon to fix a large sinkhole which had appeared in Barhill Road, Buckie.