The finance secretary has confirmed that money earmarked for road improvements will fund a new electric vessel.

Highland Council says the lifeline ferry, which has been out of action for a year, will return on 23 October.

MV Corran is now set to return to service in October, meaning it will have been out of action for a year.

Fresh disruption hits the Corran Ferry - Scotland's busiest single-vessel ferry crossing.

The main Corran ferry, MV Corran, and its relief vessel Maid of Glencoul are both out of service.

The ferry across Loch Linnhe has been out of action since April, adding more than an hour onto journeys.

The service, overseen by Highland Council, has been without a useable vessel since 15 April.

People that rely on the Corran ferry in the Highlands tell of their frustration over its absence.