Helen Maider: Body found in police hunt for pensioner missing in freezing temperatures

Police searching for an 89-year-old woman who went missing in -5C temperatures have found a body.

Pensioner Helen Maider was last seen at about 6am on Tuesday at the junction of Balmuildy Road and Stirling Drive in Bishopbriggs, Scotland.

Sergeant Adam Hookway previously said officers and her family were concerned due to the cold weather while Ms Maider had also "started to have issues with her memory".

Although she walked every day, the Met Office says it was around -5.5C when she went missing.

A statement on Tuesday afternoon confirmed a body had been found during searches of Bishopbriggs but it had not been formally identified.

The statement said: "Police in East Dunbartonshire can confirm a body has been found in the search for missing woman Helen Maider in the Bishopbriggs area.

"Formal identification has yet to be carried out however her family has been informed and the death is not being treated as suspicious."

Temperatures fell across the country on Monday night with the mercury plummeting to -9.9C (14.2F) in Braemar in the north-east.

The Met Office said temperatures are expected to fall again overnight tonight.