Police are treating the death of a schoolgirl in West Calder as murder and say they are not looking for anyone else in connection. The bodies of Mark Gordon, 36, and his daughter Hope, six, were discovered at a property on Harburn Drive around 4pm on Monday. Following a post-mortem, the schoolgirl’s death is now being treated as murder.

The bodies of Mark Gordon, 36, and his six-year-old daughter Hope were found in West Calder on Monday afternoon.

Mark Gordon, 36, and Hope, six, were discovered at their property in West Lothian, Scotland, earlier this week after concerned teachers at Hope's school had phoned emergency services