内容摘要：But now there are no visitors, just some nervous-looking deer being carefully herded into a farm trailer.

But now there are no visitors, just some nervous-looking deer being carefully herded into a farm trailer.

Scottish Conservative education spokesman Miles Briggs MSP described the news as "an absolute hammer blow for staff"."Years of mismanagement at the university and brutal cuts from the SNP government are coming to home to roost and the consequences look set to be devastating," he said.

"SNP ministers are still asleep the wheel as this crisis only continues to escalate at the university and need to act now."Michael Marra, the Labour MSP for North East Scotland, said the job losses would be "devastating" for both the workers and the wider Dundee economy.He said: "The SNP have to step forward with a bail out equal to the scale of this disaster.

"I have been calling for an industrial style bail out and a turnaround team for months now - with each days that passes the situation gets worse."Prof O'Neill previously said the crisis meant that "fundamental questions" had to be asked about the size, shape, balance and structure of the university.

The university has blamed factors including a "severe drop" in

and an increase in National Insurance contributions for the problems, as well as "inadequate financial discipline and control" and "poor capital planning and investment decisions" by university staff.The court heard an "excessive and unsecured" load caused the trailer to detach from the van.

Murchison was originally charged with causing death by dangerous driving but pleaded guilty to an amended charge earlier this year at a hearing at the High Court in Inverness.On that occasion, the court heard that Mr Martin's relatives did not want Murchison to be prosecuted.

A footpath improvement project in one of Skye's best-known landscapes has been completed.The Old Man of Storr, which features remnants of volcanic activity 2,800 million years ago, attracts about 223,000 visitors annually.