Emergency services at ongoing incident near the Cromarty Bridge

Emergency services are responding to an ongoing incident near the Cromarty Bridge.

Both police and the coastguard have confirmed that they are aware of the incident near the bridge on the A9 Inverness to Thurso road but further details are currently unavailable.

It is understood that the Invergordon lifeboat has been launched to the scene.

UPDATE: A coastguard spokesman confirmed the emergency services have been stood down.

They were sent to the scene after reports of a boat in distress, but it was discovered that the fishing vessel in question was perfectly fine and nobody was in any danger.