Dog safe and well after coastguard alerted to report of animal on a Skye clifftop

Coastguard crews breathed a sigh of relief after being called to reports of a dog falling from a cliff in Skye today.

The alarm was raised at 1.04pm at Neist Point, on the west coast of Skye.

A coastguard spokeswoman said: “The dog had wandered out on to a ledge. Fortunately, the dog was safe by the time we arrived.”