School headteacher pays tribute to ‘much-loved’ pupil, six, found dead

Hope Gordon, six, whose body was found with her father Mark Gordon’s body at a property in West Calder on Monday afternoon (Police Scotland/PA) - (PA Media)

The headteacher of a West Lothian primary school has paid tribute to a six-year-old pupil who was found dead in a house along with her father this week.

Hope Gordon and her father Mark, 36, were found dead by police in a house in Harburn Drive, West Calder, on Monday afternoon after she failed to attend Toronto Primary School.