It has been reported that Britain's top cancer specialist is predicting the disease will no longer be a killer within a generation.

FOUR US senators have written a letter calling on Britain to investigate the circumstances surrounding last year’s release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.

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.

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