The joint leadership of Dumfries and Galloway Council has fallen apart – just eight months after being formed.
Labour, SNP and independent councillors had united to create a rainbow coalition, which seized control of the local authority after the elections last May and kept the Conservatives out of power.
Labour group leader Linda Dorward and SNP chief Stephen Thompson agreed to share the top job as co-leaders and, with support of independent members, they formed an administration.
