Portgower

A BUST-UP between an elderly Portgower couple was fuelled by drink and stress over problems with their house, a court heard. But the spark that ignited the row between 73-year-old James Henderson, Old School House, and his 67-year-old partner was ...

The northbound crane crashed through a wall and toppled on to the railway on the outskirts of Portgower at 9.05am. Rail services north of Helmsdale were hit and the A9 was closed. A British Transport Police spokesman said it believes the accident was ...

The A9 at Portgower was closed in both directions for several hours yesterday after a crane toppled onto the railway line. The main Inverness-Wick rail line was also closed. Specialist equipment was brought north from Invergordon to try and move the ...

Network Rail said: “A road crane has come off the A9 road and is on the track near Helmsdale at Portgower. “Network Rail will carry out an assessment of the damage caused after this last service has run. It is hoped a full service will be able to run ...

An All Terrain crane overturned onto a railway track in Portgower, northern Scotland yesterday closing the A9 road and the east coast railway for much of the day. It is hard to understand what exactly happened, the four axle crane appears to have ...

TRAFFIC Scotland have reported that the A9 is closed at Sutherland after a crane fell on to the train line at Portgower, causing travel chaos in Caithness. The British Transport Police reported that the accident took place at 9.05am on Sunday morning, ...