FLOOD warnings will remain in place despite widespread sunshine expected today, helping workers clearing up the debris from landslips which closed roads across Scotland.

The Met Office says rain is expected to return to the west tonight and into tomorrow, but it will not be as heavy or sustained as earlier in the week when transport was disrupted.

The A83 was shut between Arrochar and Cairndow after 150 tons of materials came away from the hillside at the landslip blackspot of the Rest and Be Thankful. Drivers were left with a 50-mile detour via Dalmally until the Old Military Road diversion route opened on Tuesday afternoon.

The A890 Stromeferry bypass between Lochcarron and Kyle of Lochalsh was again blocked by debris. It remained shut, as was the Inverness to Kyle railway line alongside it. The A835 to Ullapool was closed at Garve, but hsd partially reopened. There was also a landslide on the A85 at Crianlarich. Flood warnings were in place for large parts of Perthshire and Tayside, Skye, Lochaber, Speyside and Easter Ross.