IPhoto does NOT delete to iPhoto trash ?

Hey everyone,
This is very frusterating. iPhoto once upon a time would send my delted photos to the iPhoto trash, then I could empty from there. Now it only deletes them from my "album" and does not move them to the iPhoto trash to be emptied?
I even tried to drag the selected files to the iPhoto trash and still no go. The icon is there but it isn't working. I have to manually delete the unwanted photos from the "original" = pain in my *
I had to back up over 3,000 photos this morning and try an re-install - still nothing>?
Anyone have this issue - any help would be mucho appreciated
Will

Dragging an app from an Album to the trash removes the pic from the Album.
Dragging a pic from the Library (Photos or Events view, doesn't matter) and emptying the trash removes the pic from the Library and the HD in a Managed Library.
I have to manually delete the unwanted photos from the "original" = pain in my *
Do you mean you removed the pic from the Originals folder in the Finder? If so, then you've just trashed your Library.
Regards
TD

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