POLICE have launched two separate investigations into the deaths of a man in Ayrshire and a woman in Glasgow.

John Kiltie, 44, died after a disturbance in a street in Girvan, South Ayrshire yesterday morning. Police investigating the death said they are treating it as unexplained.

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Mr Kiltie is understood to have worked as a bus driver for firm Stagecoach and was a father of young children.

Officers were called to Park Road in the town, along with an ambulance, after a disturbance was reported just after 11am yesterday but found that the man had died.

A police spokesman said: "At 11:10am  on Saturday, the police and emergency services responded to reports of a disturbance on Park Road, Girvan.

"A man, who is yet to be identified, was pronounced dead at the scene. A post-mortem examination will take place in due course to establish the cause of death. The death is being treated as suspicious. Inquiries are ongoing."

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Meanwhile, earlier that day, police in Glasgow also launched a separate investigation into the unexplained death of a woman in the southside of Glasgow.

Emergency services were called to Kildrostan Street in Pollokshields at about 06:05 after reports that a woman had died.

An area of pavement on the street was taped off by police and a forensic tent set-up as part of police investigations.

The death is being treated as unexplained while arrangements are made to carry out a post-mortem examination.

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A Police Scotland spokeswoman said of the case yesterday: "Emergency services are at the scene and inquiries are continuing. A post-mortem examination will be carried out in due course and the death is currently being treated as unexplained."