Mother and daughter killed in linked attacks in Kilmarnock

A mother and daughter have been killed in linked attacks in Ayrshire before a man died in a road crash.

Emma Robertson Coupland, 39, was found injured in the car park of University Hospital Crosshouse in Kilmarnock at 19:45 on Thursday.

Around 20 minutes later the NHS worker's daughter, Nicole Anderson, 24, was fatally stabbed on Portland Street, about two miles away.

Steven Robertson, 40, died in a road crash south of the town, at 20:30.

Police Scotland said officers were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incidents - which led to a three-hour lockdown of the hospital - and there was no ongoing threat to the public.