Two killed in bus crash

TWO people have been killed after a bus travelling from Edinburgh to a music festival in Inverness collided with a van.

The van driver and a passenger died in the crash on the A9 at Ralia in the Highlands at about 3.40pm today.

The female driver of the bus had to be cut free and was airlifted to hospital.

Four other people on the bus, which was on its way to the RockNess festival, were treated for injuries at the scene.