A 13-year-old boy who went missing from his remote home in Caithness has been found safe.

A full-scale search was mounted for Imhotep Booth when he vanished soon after retuning from a holiday abroad.

A search of the area near his home in Altnabreac, near Forsinard on Friday evening was unsuccessful.

However, the search resumed on Saturday morning and he was found at around 9am by a police dog handler.

Imhotep, who was discovered less than a mile from the lodge where he lives with his family, was suffering from the early stages of hypothermia.

He has been taken to Caithness General Hospital in Wick for medical attention.