A man was found dead outside a discount department store in Glasgow.

The body was outside outside the TJ Hughes shop in the city's Trongate.

Police were called to the scene at 9.10am on Tuesday.

A spokeswoman confirmed there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding and the death, but it is being treated as unexplained.

Police cordoned the area off as they carried out their investigation into the death.

Homeless charities fear the man was a rough sleeper killed by extreme weather conditions during a night of snow and freezing cold temperatures in Glasgow.

Campaigners are pleading with the council to open up all available empty buildings to protect rough sleepers and avoid similar deaths.

John Glackin from Streets Kitchen said: "I have heard via people working on the ground that it was a homeless person who died this morning.

"There are too many needless deaths on our streets, we need to open up all available empty buildings immediately so as to simply ensure that no more people die before their time and get a chance at life without the hardships of surviving on our freezing cold streets.

"We can resolve homelessness overnight with the right political will and adequate funding.

"We demand no more deaths on our streets."