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Updated: 09:50, 09 January 2021
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Pupils Darcie Smith, Charley Stewart and Amy Mackay help KT with the cookery class. Pictures: Stewart Attwood
In January, the timetable at Dingwall Primary was well and truly shaken up with the arrival of singer K T Tunstall who performed for the whole school and shared healthy eating tips as part of a promotional tour for Lidl.
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image captionThe low temperature was recorded at Loch Glascarnoch
The UK has had its coldest night of the winter so far after a temperature of -12.3C was recorded in the north west Highlands.
The temperature was recorded at Loch Glascarnoch, near Garve, south of Ullapool in Wester Ross.
The record lowest temperature in the UK is -27.2C, which was recorded in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, in 1895 and 1982.
The same temperature was recorded at Altnaharra in the Highlands in 1995.
Oooo! Looks like temperature fell to -12.3C in Loch Gascarnoch (Highlands) last night.. @BBCBreakfast xxx Carol Kirkwood (@carolkirkwood) January 6, 2021
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The coldest temperature this winter has come amid a cold snap that is affecting most parts of the country.
A person walking through Killin, Stirlingshire, in icy and snowy conditions picture: JPI Media
The Met Office has today issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice across the country from 3pm this afternoon.
The warning will last until 11.59pm tomorrow, Thursday January 7.
It will remain in place in the north east of Scotland until 12pm on Friday January 8.
People should be wary of the risks the ice poses with hospitals seeing a surge in cases of people slipping on the ice and hurting themselves in recent weeks.
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A Highland councillor kept his driving licence when he appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court and admitted careless driving.
Roderick MacLeod, also known as Derek, represents the Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh ward and lives at Lonemore, Gairloch.
Sheriff Margaret Neilson was told that MacLeod was originally charged with dangerous driving – an offence that carries a mandatory one-year driving ban.
But he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of careless driving.
The court heard that the 69-year-old retired chartered engineer had been driving on the A832 near Corriemollie, which is west of Garve, when he overtook a car.