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There has not been a car ferry on the five-minute crossing of Loch Linnhe in Lochaber for three weeks due to issues with the main vessel and a relief boat.

The catamaran vessel, operated by Cruise Loch Linnhe, can carry up to 65 foot passengers.

Charles Kennedy's funeral has taken place in Caol, a village on the northern shore of Loch Linnhe near his home in Fort William.

Mrs Abbott had trained at The Underwater Centre on the shores of Loch Linnhe in 2007 and approached its staff about hosting the special occasion.

Other surveys have recorded sea potato, a relative of the common sea urchin, in Loch Linnhe and dahlia anemone in Loch Duich in the north west Highlands.