A teenager who flew to Iceland to collect a message in a bottle she sent as a toddler has met First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Emily Plant was just two when she cast the item into the North Sea at Findochty in Moray.

Fifteen years later, she was surprised to hear from a Russian scientist who had discovered her message 2000 miles away in Salekhard, Siberia.

The scientist invited her to the Arctic Circle Assembly in Iceland to collect the item.

Emily received another surprise when she was given the chance to meet Scotland's First Minister.

Sturgeon, who was speaking at the event in Reykjavik, presented Emily with a new handwritten message in a bottle as a keepsake.

Emily, 17, said: "I was delighted that our First Minister not only took an interest in our story, but to hear her speak in her opening speech was fantastic.

"I am studying Modern Studies at Buckie High School and she was able to sign her picture that is displayed alongside all other world leaders.

"Her kind gift of presenting me with a handwritten message from her in a bottle will stay with me forever. It will take pride of place in my home.

"It has been overwhelming the publicity our story has created, this was the icing on the cake."