TWO Scots are amongst dozens of British and Irish people who have still not been traced in the wake of Saturday's earthquake in Nepal.
Most of the 12 Scots on The International Committee of the Red Cross list of the missing in Nepal have been traced but two remain unaccounted for.
They are Scot John Aitkenhead, 61 who was last in contact several weeks ago before leaving to go trekking in Nepal and Dundee-born Lynda Davis, 50, of Bridge of Earn.
The Red Cross has said 90 Britons were missing, but 30 were found while the Foreign Office said it was not aware of any deaths or injuries.
The United Nations said up to 3,600 people have been killed and more than 6,500 injured as a result of the earthquake while the search intensified for those in remote villages that are out of the reach of rescue teams.
Britain is sending a team of Gurkha engineers to Nepal to help the disaster relief effort.
They will join humanitarian volunteers and emergency service crews from the UK who have already begun search and rescue operations in stricken Himalayan state.
They are flying out in an RAF C-17 transport aircraft packed with vital emergency supplies including more than 1,100 shelter kits and more than 1,700 solar lanterns.
International Development Secretary, Justine Greening said the Government would also match the first £5 million made in public donations to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Earthquake Appeal.
The DEC in Scotland is to announce its appeal to help survivors of the devastating Nepal earthquake which has been boosted by a £250,000 donation from the Scottish Government.
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