A string of high profile British witnesses who refused to testify at a US Senate hearing into the release of the Lockerbie bomber were today facing accusations of “stonewalling”.

BP CHIEF executive Tony Hayward has been asked to testify before a US Senate committee about the oil giant’s role in Scotland’s decision to release the Lockerbie aeroplane bomber, a Democratic senator said yesterday.

US senators criticised authorities regarding an airport security breach at the weekend as a video of the incident emerged showing a guard standing nearby as a man followed a woman into the terminal.

BRITAIN’S world record holder Paula Radcliffe banished memories of her Athens Olympics nightmare and ended years of near misses when she won the women’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships yesterday.

Osleidys Menendez shattered the Olympic record to win the women’s javelin title in Athens tonight.

President George Bush’s plan to grant legal status – at least temporarily – to millions of illegal immigrants working in the United States has provoked anger from all sides.