Babies and foetuses were cremated alongside adults at Aberdeen Crematorium, it has emerged.

The practice was revealed in a new report which lays bare the full extent of the baby ashes scandal in Scotland.

It also raises fresh concerns about crematoriums in Glasgow, Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy.

A national inquiry was launched following the revelation that staff at Mortonhall had secretly been burying the ashes of babies for decades.

The review, led by former lord advocate Dame Elish Angiolini, examined 200 cases at 14 crematoriums and published its full report on Monday.

It says the "most serious issues" uncovered were at Aberdeen Crematorium and calls the actions of staff "deeply disturbing".

The report brands the cremation of foetuses and babies alongside adults in Aberdeen "unethical and abhorrent" and says a lack of records means it will never be possible to identify the children and adults involved.

It says: "The truth is that ashes would have been recoverable if any care or interest had been shown in recovering the ashes. Instead, the reality was one of years of malpractice unnoticed by senior management.

"There was, quite simply, no interest in recovering ashes from foetuses and babies and no effort put into attempting to do so."

Gillian McDermott's daughter Eve was cremated alone at Aberdeen Crematorium.

She told STV News: "We were informed that Eve had been cremated by herself, but because staff believed there would be no ashes, they didn't check afterwards.

"Eve's ashes will probably have been mixed in among the ashes of the adult who was cremated after her."

The report also raises concerns about the ability of some bereaved mothers to give consent to the cremation of their child because they were often "on strong medication" and "suffering considerable grief".

The report says: "Many parents relied wholly on the advice given by NHS staff and accepted in good faith the advice that there would be no ashes to be recovered from the cremation of their baby.

"This misleading information deprived many parents in Scotland of the opportunity to recover the ashes of their babies."

Parents were wrongly told no remains were left when babies under 18 months old were cremated.

Dame Elish called this claim "extraordinary" and "inexplicable".

Aberdeen City Council said in May 2014 that all ashes from cremated children were being recovered.

But Dame Elish's report says that in early 2015 staff at the crematorium had "not been briefed at all to allow them to have an accurate understanding of the physiology of the bones of foetuses, stillborn babies and infants".

In Glasgow, parents were misinformed by NHS staff and funeral directors about the recovery of ashes from cremated children. Similar issues were present at crematoriums in Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy.

The Infant Cremation Commission was established in the wake of the revelations about Mortonhall to examine the cremation of children in Scotland.

It made 64 recommendations and in May 2015 new guidelines were introduced to ensure parents would be fully informed about how their children's remains were handled.

A dedicated phone line has been set up to address any concerns or enquiries arising from the National Cremation Investigation report: 01224 522255