Tributes have been paid to a Scots couple from Perthshire who died in last week's beach massacre in Tunisia.

The family of Billy and Lisa Graham had been frantically trying to find out what happened to them.

A statement released by St Johnstone Football Club, where Billy worked, confirmed their deaths.

It reads: "Everyone at McDiarmid Park is shocked and saddened to learn that one of our match day turnstile operators Billy Graham has now been confirmed as one of those killed in the Tunisian beach shooting on Friday along with his wife Lisa.

"The couple, from Bankfoot, had been at the resort celebrating Lisa's 50th birthday and had been missing since the attack.

"Billy had worked match days at McDiarmid Park for seven years."

Saints' Chairman Steve Brown led tributes to the couple.

"This is terrible news and our thoughts go out to the whole family at this time," he said. "Billy was part of the St Johnstone family and a great ambassador for the club who always did his job with a smile on his face.

"The thoughts of everyone at the club are with the couple's daughter Holly and the rest of the family at this very sad time."

The family of a couple, who had been staying in one of the hotels where the terrorist attack happened and were feared to have died in the massacre, also confirmed their deaths this morning.

The Daily Record reported that Mr Graham's older brother Lindsay Graham has contacted them with a statement which said: "Just to tell you my brother Billy and his wife Lisa are dead."

The newspaper said that Billy Graham had been in the Army for 22 years and retired after service in Northern Ireland, Kuwait and Iraq.

Lindsay Graham, from Angus, told the newspaper the family had been going through "absolute torture" as they waited for information about the missing couple.

He said: "Billy was based in Northern Ireland on active duty, then served in Kuwait and Iraq too.

"He joined the Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards because it was the same regiment as Lisa's father.

"He had the option to leave after nine years but he was determined to complete the whole 22 years."

The development came as Britons injured in the massacre arrived back in the UK.

Another couple from Scotland confirmed dead are Jim and Ann McQuire, from Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire.

Their minister from Cumbernauld Abronhill Church of Scotland recently paid tribute to them, saying they had a close family and would be sorely missed.

Mr McQuire was a captain in the Boys' Brigade and a number of tributes were posted on social media on behalf of other brigades.