The Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing today formally dropped the second appeal against his conviction for the attack which killed 270 people.

TWENTY years have passed since Pan Am Flight 103 was blown out of the skies over the small town of Lockerbie.

Punk icon Johnny Rotten today revealed he missed the Pan Am flight which blew up over Lockerbie after his wife took too long packing.

LIBYA has agreed to set up a €2.4 billion fund for families of 270 people killed in the 1988 Pan Am bombing, the families' lawyers said, a move that could end UN sanctions and resolve an issue that has made the country an international pariah.

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.

A man found guilty of the Lockerbie bombing has lost his appeal against his conviction.

The defence and a British MP raised more questions today about the credibility of a witness whose evidence was critical in convicting a Libyan for the 1988 bombing of an American airliner over Lockerbie.

Lawyers for a former Libyan secret service agent today appealed to a Scottish court to overturn his conviction for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, claiming to have new evidence proving a miscarriage of justice.

The man jailed for the Lockerbie bombing is beginning his bid to overturn his conviction.

The BBC has been given permission to televise the Lockerbie bomber appeal.

Relatives of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing are travelling to Holland for the first stage of the appeal of the Libyan convicted of the atrocity.

New evidence has emerged which could throw doubt on the conviction of Libyan Abdelbaset Al Megrahi, found guilty of murder for his part in the Lockerbie bomb blast, it was reported today.

A Libyan cleared of carrying out the Lockerbie bombing is calling for his co-accused, who was jailed for the atrocity, to be freed.

Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi has been granted leave to appeal against his conviction, it emerged tonight.

Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi has been granted a further six weeks to submit the grounds for his appeal.

The Libyan jailed for the Lockerbie bombing has lodged an appeal against his conviction.

Angry demonstrators have protested outside the British Embassy in Libya, pressing for the conviction of the Lockerbie bomber to be overturned.

Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi claims his former secret agent jailed for the Lockerbie bombing is innocent.

A Libyan intelligence agent has been sentenced to life for the Lockerbie bombing.

A Scottish court today convicted Libyan intelligence officer Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi of murder in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie that killed 270 people.

Libyan Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was today found guilty of the Lockerbie bombing, the biggest single act of mass murder in British history.

If either of the Libyans is convicted of mass murder, they must serve their life term in a Scottish prison.

Two Libyans accused of causing the Lockerbie bombing in which 270 people died will hear their fate tomorrow.

Workers at one of the airports which handled the bag containing the Lockerbie bomb have been accused of making mistakes that damaged security.

Lockerbie trial prosecutors have closed their case after drawing together hundreds of hours of evidence.

Prosecutors in the Lockerbie trial have begun to draw their conclusions from hundreds of hours of evidence and are insisting the two Libyan defendants plotted to destroy Pan Am 103.

The case against two Libyans accused of carrying out the Lockerbie bombing has been proved "beyond reasonable doubt", according to prosecutors.

The case against two Libyans accused of carrying out the Lockerbie bombing has been proved "beyond reasonable doubt", claims prosecutor Alastair Campbell QC.

The prosecution is set to begin its closing speech as the Lockerbie trial resumes in the Netherlands.