There was also disruption at Cupar, Partick and Springburn, Kilwinning and Paisley and Lanark.

BBC: Big chill shuts schools and roads

Buildings in Alloa, Arbroath, Cupar, Dingwall, Dornoch, Duns, Haddington, Kirkcudbright, Peebles, Rothesay and Stonehaven have been earmarked for closure.

BBC: 'Unseen costs' of Scottish court closure plans

In Fife, police said the East Neuk of Fife, and the Cupar and East Wemyss areas were particularly badly affected.

BBC: Torrential rain warning for east of Scotland

The list covers sheriff courts in Dornoch, Duns, Kirkcudbright, Peebles, Rothesay, Cupar, Dingwall, Arbroath, Haddington and Stonehaven, with their business transferred to other locations.

BBC: Further Scottish court closures considered

Earlier this year the company announced it was to close its sites in Okehampton and Cupar and said it would continue to find further "efficiencies".

BBC: Competition hits Robert Wiseman profits

Cupar, the capital of Fife, is a bustling market town but the most famous town in the seat, St Andrews, is perhaps the most conservative.

BBC: Candidates

The doctor told the inquiry that on the day before Claire died she had phoned the hospital from a community clinic she was holding at Cupar Street in west Belfast and spoke to a member of the nursing staff.

BBC: Claire Roberts