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Tributes have been paid to a "lovely couple" who died in a horror crash on a Scots road on Thursday.

road crash in the Highlands has been named by the police.Philip Reynolds Latham, of Dunbeath, Caithness, was killed after his car hit a wall near Lybster, on Saturday afternoonThe 61-year-old was driving a silver Ford Mondeo south on the A99 and had just passed the entrance to Remiggy Farm when he came off the road.The incident happened around 12.55pm on Saturday, 5 December.Mr Latham was taken to Caithness General Hospital, Wick, where he later died.
The road was closed for around five and half hours to allow a full collision investigation to take place.Sergeant Angus MacLeod, of Highlands and Islands Road Policing Unit, said: “We are still appealing for any other road users who may have been in the area at the time and either saw the

horror smash with a tractor on a Highlands road.Emergency services were called to the scene on the A95 near Grantown-on-Spey at around 7.40am on Tuesday.The 33-year-old driver of the van was airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for treatment after suffering life-threatening injuries.The road, near the Skye of Curr junction, was closed for around eight hours to allow for a full accident investigation.Officers have now issued an appeal for witnesses and dashcam footage from the area around the time of the accident in a bid to establish the full circumstances.Police Sergeant, Angus MacLeod of Highlands and Islands Road Policing Unit, said: “A man has suffered serious injuries as a result of this crash and enquiries are currently ongoing to

The SNP has been criticised for a major delay in its investigation into the actions of disgraced Renfrewshire MSP Derek Mackay.Councillor Andy Doig has written to the SNP's national secretary Dr Angus MacLeod to demand answers over when he plans to convene the disciplinary committee to consider Mr Mackay's case.The former finance secretary was suspended by the party on February 6 - pending an investigation into his conduct - after it emerged he bombarded a 16-year-old boy with 270 messages on social media.He has remained an MSP but has largely been in hiding since his behaviour was exposed.However, last week, he made his first public statement in months, as he offered support to hundreds of Rolls-Royce workers facing job losses.The sudden