A group of 50 orphans fleeing the Ukraine war are in limbo waiting to hear if they can enter the UK.

The children, aged from six to 17, left on March 8 from five orphanages in Dnipro.

Nine adults are accompanying them, and although they have flights to Stansted arranged for Monday they are in the dark about whether they will be able to go.

Hopes are high the kids will be able to go to Scotland, somewhere in the Central Belt including Loch Lomond, Argyll and Bute, or Edinburgh.

The UK Government have stalled on issuing visas for the children - none of whom have passports - and have claimed they wanted more information on safeguarding.

Media manager for charity Dnipro Kids Appeal, Duncan MacRae, 41, flew out on March 16 to Pozon in Poland.

The children are being housed at a hotel in Nzin, northern Poland, and are having a great time, with staff putting on the cinema for them, as well as opening up a play area.

Duncan, a Hibernian FC fan who got involved through the club, is hopeful the kids and their accompanying adults will be able to fly out on Monday.

But after the charity was named twice in PMQs, on March 16 no progress had been made on getting the issue sorted.

Two SNP MPs, Pete Wishart and Ian Blackford had raised the issue, but although Dominic Raab had claimed the Tories wanted more information, Duncan said the Conservatives had not been in touch.

The kids are from orphanages in Sobolygev, Shevechenko and Syvatkova.