Gairloch

Finding an affordable home is seen as one of the major challenges to rural living in Scotland.

The closures include four in the Highlands - Nairn, Dingwall, Gairloch and Tain.

The village's museum has proposed building a type of home last seen in the area 1,600 years ago.

The Mackintosh Centre in Mallaig had to shut temporarily because it did not have enough staff.

The whale was spotted in difficulty at a fish farm on Thursday morning.

The family of Donnie MacRae, who died aged 33 in a prisoner-of-war camp hospital, want his remains reunited with his body.

The local authority operates 74 loos and gives funding to 53 other providers to make toilets available to the public.