Two Conservative councilors who were elected to Stirling Council earlier this month have been suspended from the party due to offensive social media posts.

Robert Davies and Alastair Majury are now under investigation by the party.

Police Scotland have also confirmed the pair's comments have been reported to them and "enquires are ongoing".

Under the Twitter account Mulder 1981, Majury tweeted in 2012: "Why is the Catholic Church against birth control? Because they'll run out of children to molest."

In another tweet from September last year, the councillor used the term "tarrier", a derogatory term for Catholics.

Through the Twitter account @resdavies, Davies posted a series of tweets in 2013 captioning a picture of black people waiting to board a cargo plane.

One tweet read: "In the interests of security keep your loin cloths with you at all times. Spears go in the overhead locker."

Another post over the same picture said: "No, I am not your lunch. I am your flight attendant."

A third one read: "It's going to be sodding difficult getting this lot into these tiny meal trays."

Majury and Davies' tweets came to light in reports in both the Stirling Observer and the Scottish Catholic Observer last week.

A Conservative party spokesman said: "Both councillors have been suspended from the party pending an investigation."

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Police in Forth Valley can confirm that a report of offensive communications on social media was received on Wednesday May 10 and enquires are ongoing."