A Scottish Tory council election candidate has been dumped by his party after he was linked to a series of bigoted posts made on an online forum.
Greg Turner, who is standing to become a councillor for the Barrhead ward on East Renfrewshire Council, referred to a local Catholic high school as a "bigot factory" in a discussion about catchment areas.
The Tory was behind a profile known as "MearnsUnionist" on an online discussion board.