The first in a series of charter flights bringing Syrian refugees to the UK will arrive on Tuesday as the Government steps up its expanded relocation programme.

Officials confirmed the plane will land in Glasgow - marking a new phase in the scheme to resettle 20,000 people from camps around the war-ravaged country.

Several more special flights will arrive at airports around Britain in the coming months and the refugees will be housed with the help of local authorities.

The Home Office has confirmed offers of support from more than 45 councils, while talks are continuing with dozens more.

David Cameron announced at the start of September that Britain would "live up to its moral responsibility" by taking 20,000 refugees from the camps on the borders of Syria by the end of the current parliament in 2020.

The move came in the wake of a public outcry over the fate of Syrians driven to attempt to make the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean by boat, following the publication of pictures of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi who drowned with several family members as they tried to reach Greece from Turkey.