Scotland's chief constable says police will be increased at our airports after bombings in Brussels on Tuesday morning.

Security is also being reviewed at Scottish transport hubs in the wake of the Brussels blasts, chief constable Phil Gormley said.

Speaking at a hate crime conference in Glasgow the Police Scotland leader said uniform patrols at Edinburgh and Glasgow airports will be increased to reassure the public.

Mr Gormley did not discuss any potential threats to Scotland but asked the public to be "sensibly vigilant".

He added: "As I sit here I have colleagues reflecting on our security posture at airports and other transport hubs and others who are reaching out to communities who will be deeply concerned about what this means for them and their relationships with their neighbours.

"We are in close contact with counter terrorism colleagues in London, we are reflecting on what is a sensible and proportionate response to what we have seen across the Channel.

"At the moment we will increase our reassurance and uniform presence particularly at Edinburgh and Glasgow airports but my message really is alert not alarm.

"The public need to be sensibly vigilant and tell us if they see things of a concern to them but these terrorists want us to alter our way of life and undermine our freedoms to lets make sure that we maintain a proportionate response to this."

He made the comments at a conference at Hampden Park attended by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and lord advocate Frank Mulholland.

Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland said he will personally lead a team to ensure any reprisal attacks against certain communities are dealt with.

He said: "What they want is to polarise different communities and set them against each other.

"After the Paris attacks we looked at whether or not there was any increase in hate crime and we found a spike in crimes against our Muslim communities and Jewish communities.

"It was small numbers but something that we were dedicated to take action against and thankfully after a few weeks it reduced.

"We will do the same given events in Brussels and will look at incidents of hate crime directed at all our communities in Scotland.

"I'll be chairing meetings to ensure that we monitor this on a daily basis over the next few weeks."