Options for the way forward are being explored, and a series of community meetings are to be held.

An abandoned former tourist attraction in Aberdeenshire, which has been derelict for 13 years, has been put on the market for less than 4% of its original cost.

Aberdeenshire Council says it would rather have engaged fully with communities before announcing closures.

Reasons given for closing the sites included low usage and buildings no longer being suitable.

The North East Scotland Pension Fund had invested millions of pounds in Under Armour stock.

People are being urged to safely dispose their devices due to the risk of fires and contamination.

Mark Findlater now plans to sit as an unaligned independent councillor in Aberdeenshire.

Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership could be £26m over budget by the end of the year.