THE daughter of a grandmother who vanished during last week's cold snap have thanked everyone who helped in the search following the discovery of her body.

The remains of Wilhelmina Rooney, who was known by her middle name Anne, were found in a park in the east end of Glasgow on Sunday afternoon, almost a week after she had vanished.

The 71-year-old, of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, was last seen at her home last Monday and had failed to make contact with her family since then.

Dozens of people paid their respects to the 71-year-old on social media, with her daughter Alison Parker personally thanking people for sharing their condolences and helping in the six-day search for her mother.

Last week, Ms Parker made an emotional plea to her mother to return home, said the family were "heartbroken" following the discovery.

Ms Rooney's body was found in a play park in Carntyne around 4pm on Sunday. It is not known how long her body had been in the park, which had been covered in a blanket of snow during last week's sub-zero conditions in the city.

Officers sealed off the popular greenspace, around eight miles from where she lived, to allow forensic teams to scour the area.

The park remained closed yesterday (mon) morning and there was a large police presence in the area.

The circumstances surrounding her death are currently unknown, however a post mortem exam is due to be carried out.

Ms Parker thanked members of the public for their support in the search for her mother on social media. The grieving daughter wrote there were "no words to describe how we all feel right now, but we'll get through it together."

"I just need to thank you and everyone else who helped us this past week.

She added: "We're heartbroken as you can imagine, but we're sticking together."

Thousands of people helped to share pictures and information about the 71-year-old through Facebook and Twitter in a bid to help trace her.

Police carried out an extensive search for Ms Rooney prior to her discovery six days after her disappearance.

They used dogs and helicopters in their search, and posters were put up in her home town.appealing to the public for information.

The reasons for Ms Rooney's disappearance or how she arrived at the Glasgow park are currently unknown.

During a press conference on Friday, Inspector Mark Leonard of East Kilbride police confirmed Ms Rooney's bus pass had been used to travel to the East End on the day she went missing.

The card was not understood to have been used after that date.

A report will now be sent to the Procurator Fiscal and enquiries are continuing into the cause of Ms Rooney's death, however police are not treating it as suspicious.

Meanwhile, Police have launched a probe after two bodies were found in a Port Glasgow flat.

Two women, aged 34 and 35, were discovered dead in a house on Teviot Road on Friday January 23, just after 9pm. The cause of their deaths, which are not being treated as suspicious, will now be investigated during a post mortem examination.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Two women aged 34 and 35 were found dead within a flat in Teviot Road, Port Glasgow, at around 9.05pm on Friday.

"Post-mortem examinations will take place in due course to establish the exact cause of death, however police are not treating the deaths as suspicious.

"Enquiries are ongoing and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal."