Families affected by the baby ashes scandal have met the chief executive of Aberdeen City Council.

Babies and foetuses were cremated alongside adults in Aberdeen for years, a practice branded "unethical and abhorrent" in a recent report.

A national investigation was launched in the wake of revelations that staff at Mortonhall Crematorium in Edinburgh had secretly been burying the ashes of babies.

Of the 14 crematoriums examined, inquiry chairwoman Dame Elish Angiolini said she was most concerned about Aberdeen Crematorium.

She called the actions of staff "deeply disturbing" in a report published in June.

In a newly published internal report, Aberdeen City Council said that chief executive Angela Scott has met "a number of families" and discussions for a memorial are under way.

Independent investigator Richard Penn has been appointed to review management at the crematorium.

A report detailing the initial findings of his investigation will be handed to councillors at a meeting on Wednesday, but its findings will not be made public.

The council said it wants to encourage whistle-blowing and create a more open culture.

Concerns about Aberdeen Crematorium were first raised in an anonymous letter written by a person claiming to be a former member of staff.

Dame Elish's report said a lack of records means it will never be possible to identify the children and adults cremated together in Aberdeen.

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

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