Winds of up to 100mph are forecast during Storm Éowyn with a large part of Scotland's central belt and the south west under a red "danger to life" weather warning. Police Scotlan

Schools across central and southern Scotland are closed and people have been told not to travel ahead of Storm Éowyn.

Hope Gordon and her father Mark, 36, were found dead by police in a house in Harburn Drive, West Calder on Monday.

Two sisters visited the same bridge in Scotland where they were last seen about 12 hours before they disappeared, according to police.

Two sisters who went missing near a river in Aberdeen, Scotland, two weeks ago sent an eerie final text to their landlady at the same time that they vanished, according to local police.

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, vanished earlier this month in Scotland, and a police report revealed their chilling final message to their landlady.

The Met Office issued the most severe possible warning for Friday between 10am and 5pm, forecasting 'flying debris resulting in danger to life'.

Scotland is being battered with life-threatening hurricane-force winds with hundreds of schools closed, transport suspended and a warning to stay indoors and avoid travel. An initial yellow weather warning for wind came into force at midnight as Storm Eowyn begins to make its way across Ireland and Scotland.

Laura Paton has been appointed as Scotland’s next Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) . Currently His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prosecution in Scotland, Ms Paton will take up her new role April 1 for a five-year period.

Dad Mark Gordon, 36, and his six-year-old daughter Hope were found dead at a home in near Edinburgh in Scotland on Monday - their deaths are currently being treated as 'unexplained'.

Police Scotland are making preparations for Storm Eowyn hitting tomorrow. Officers have warned the public not to underestimate the red weather alert that has been issued, as Glasgow braces for 90mph winds.

Both Stena Line and P&O Ferries have cancelled all sailings from Cairnryan in Dumfries and Galloway until Friday evening at the earliest.