17th May 2008 (updated)
The 10-strong team of specialist and rescue staff from the British-based International Rescue Corps who arrived in Hong Kong on Wednesday in order to help rescue people trapped in the aftermath of the Chinese earthquake have now been stood down and are flying home.
They are due to land at Heathrow at 0448hrs GMT and the 6 Scottish members will fly back to Scotland later in the morning arriving in Edinburgh at 0955hrs.
The team, made up of volunteers from the UK were deployed to the area at the request of the British Consulate however due the overwhelming scale of the disaster the Chinese government were unable to issue visas. They did however donate food and medical supplies to assist in the relief efforts.