Temperatures plummeted to -6C in Scotland overnight with a yellow weather warning for icy conditions across the country.

Homes were evacuated in the village of Toward at 05:30 after a lorry hit a gas main near Dunoon in Argyll.

The Far North railway line remains closed between Inverness and the Kyle of Lochalsh floowing floods and landslips.

Wintry conditions are forecast to continue into next week, with widespread snow expected to hit large parts of the country on Sunday.

Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and Galloway felt the coldest temperatures, dropping to -6.4C at 23:00 on Thursday.

Snow also fell again overnight across the Highlands and Aberdeenshire.

Police Scotland closed the A815 near Dunoon after the HGV crash into a gas main.

The force said a number of properties were evacuated as a precaution, but there were no reported injuries.

Fresh weather warnings have been issued by the Met Office for further snow across Scotland on Sunday and Monday.

Weather presenter Kirsty McCabe, editor of MetMatters at the Royal Meteorological Society, said there could be up to 20cm of snowfall in places.

She told BBC Radio’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “There’s potentially a lot of snow to come, but as well as the snow there always the risk of freezing rain.

“You can get black ice, really hazardous conditions on the roads.

“It’s not especially unusual, its not record-breakingly cold, but it’s not great as Monday for many is going to be the first day back at school or back at work.

“There will be this legacy of wintry weather and nasty conditions.”

The yellow weather warning for snow is in place from the early hours of Sunday until midday on Monday.

The Met Office said the greatest risk was in southern and eastern Scotland, where up to 5cm could accumulate, with 10 to 20cm over high ground.

Rain or sleet is more likely near some northern and eastern coasts.