winter

A major electricity upgrade in the north-west Highlands could leave drivers facing an 80-mile road diversion over the winter months.

With winter approaching, it is hard to overstate the urgency of the disaster unfolding in Afghanistan.

Injuries cost him his Test debut in the intervening months, first against New Zealand last winter and then against Zimbabwe in May.

“I was warned every day the winter would be hard. I didn’t expect it to be as cold as it was.”

After a knee injury sustained before the Olympic final last August set her back over the winter, two torn hamstrings kept her out of action until just five weeks before the championships.