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.

Live Life Aberdeenshire said the locations were seeing lower numbers of users in recent years.

The speeding driver who caused the smash near Whiterashes in Aberdeenshire is jailed for four years and three months.

The operator says it has been unable to cover the cost of running its local network.

A court hears the other motorist suffered life-threatening injuries in the Aberdeenshire collision.

It begins in September with the first stage taking in Aberdeenshire before moving to the Scottish Borders.