The "distraught" family of a Scot who is facing jail in the United Arab Emirates claims authorities are not doing enough to help him.

William Barclay was stopped at Dubai International Airport last month after he was accused of possessing counterfeit money in 2016.

Mr Barclay, from Edinburgh, did not initially face charges after he tried to exchange money at the Al Hamra Mall in Ras Al Khaimah last year.

He was stopped at the airport when he returned to the country on September 15 this year with his wife and two children.

His passport has been confiscated and he is staying in a £120-a-night hotel pending the outcome of the case against him.

Mr Barclay's wife Monique Fleming, who was able to return to Edinburgh, told STV News her husband was being kept in the dark about the situation.

She said: "He knows nothing, no one is telling him a thing. We have been on phones to MPs, embassies, the Foreign Office.

"We're not getting anywhere whatsoever. Nobody has been to see him in Dubai. We're just distraught - we need him home."

She said the accusation against Mr Barclay only related to a single £20 banknote, which could have been given to him as change.

He could face up to a year in jail in the UAE, a £1000 fine and deportation back to the UK if the criminal case against him goes ahead.

A spokeswoman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: "We are providing assistance to the family of a British man who was arrested in UAE in September."