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Ms Fraser told the BBC she had been visiting the McCulloch brothers - her second cousins - every fortnight for years, at their farm near Muir of Ord on the Black Isle.

Ms Grist, from Black Isle, near Inverness, has had her condition since birth and has to be wrapped in bandages.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency said the rivers Annan and Nith, the Black Isle and Western Isles had a "significant" water scarcity situation.

A small number of farmers on the Black Isle, north of Inverness, have been asked to reduce the volume of water they take from a burn.

Isla, from Black Isle, near Inverness, has had her condition since birth and has to be wrapped head to toe in bandages.