Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond today insisted he did not regret the controversial release from prison of the Lockerbie bomber.

DAVID CAMERON insisted yesterday that BP should not be blamed for the “completely wrong” decision to release the Lockerbie bomber.

Fresh calls were made today for the release of the Lockerbie bomber's medical records after reports that he could be dead within a month.

Calls for the medical evidence behind the release of the Lockerbie bomber to be published in full were stepped up today.

Gordon Brown today said he still believes it would have been “a mistake” for him to attempt to interfere in the decision of the Scottish Executive to free Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi.

BRITAIN has released documents detailing confidential exchanges over the Lockerbie bomber’s release – letters it hoped will end speculation that Abdel Baset al-Megrahi’s freedom was used to sweeten economic and political deals between Libya and Britain.

The Lockerbie bomber today backed calls for a public inquiry into the atrocity.

Scotland’s justice secretary faced a barrage of criticism today as he explained why he freed the Lockerbie bomber.

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi will learn today whether he will be released to return to Libya.

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi failed in his bid to be freed on bail today after judges in Edinburgh rejected his application to be freed on 'compassionate grounds'.

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi must serve at least 27 years in jail, three judges ruled today.

The UN Security Council will vote on Tuesday on a British proposal to lift sanctions against Libya, though France and Tripoli are still deadlocked on how much to pay the families of 170 people killed in an 1989 airliner bombing, diplomats said.

Libya’s preliminary €2.9bn offer to families of 270 people killed in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 is not the only step needed for a lifting of sanctions against the country, the US administration has said.

The Lockerbie bomber told his mother not to worry about him during his last phone call home before beginning his life sentence, it was reported today.

Retired police superintendent John Carpenter, who was on duty in Lockerbie on the night of the tragedy, said he was ‘‘absolutely delighted’’ on hearing the verdict.

Dr Jim Swire, 60, spokesman for the UK Lockerbie families, said the verdict would not be the ‘‘end of the road' for the victims’ relatives.