The community of Macduff in Aberdeenshire is among those to face the threat of its library closing.

The Scottish SPCA said the pet was discovered in woodland near Macduff, Aberdeenshire, on 28 January.

The promising goalkeeper - badly injured in a car crash - is now "thankful" to be home for good.

Chris Pike had taken a birthday dip off Macduff this week but started to be dragged further out to sea.

The person who was swimming off the coast of Macduff was taken to hospital.

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

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

Goalkeeper Adam Golebiewski's life was changed a few weeks ago when a car he was in crashed.