Tributes have been paid to well-known and much-loved Aberdeen councillor Bill Cormie following his death at the age of 71.
Mr Cormie, who grew up in Garioch, went on to become Aberdeen's Depute Provost and was a serving Baillie and Burgess of Aberdeen, The P&J reports.
He passionately represented his community in Midstocket and Rosemount, firstly as a community councillor before being elected in 2007.
Councillor Bill Cormie celebrates his 100,000-bulb milestone in his planting work with local schools. Image: Kami Thomson/DC Thomson
Speaking to The Press and Journal, Mr Cormie's daughter Penny Cormie told of her father's "deep love for helping others", adding: "There will never be anyone like my Dad."
Mr Cormie's SNP colleagues were joined by many across the political spectrum in paying tribute.
Liberal Democtrat council Co-Leader Ian Yuill told the P&J Mr Cormie was a "lovely and thoroughly decent man who cared passionately for the community he lived in and served, and for the city".
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