Cup match fire cover 'adequate'

AN INVESTIGATION into claims that a town's firefighters were unavailable because they were watching football has found that cover was adequate.

A complaint was made that some of Dingwall's retained crew were unavailable because they were watching Ross County defeat Celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden in April.

Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service said cover on the weekend of the game was "sufficient".

But it added that there would not have been enough crew for a back-up engine.