A pensioner with a "heart of gold" who has a special relationship with Malta after he donated a historic Naval crest to the country is fighting for his life after being knocked down while holidaying in the resort town of Sliema.

An Irishman has been seriously injured after being hit by a car in Malta.

A FORMER Libyan intelligence agent may have been wrongly convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, a judicial panel said yesterday, recommending that he be granted a new appeal.

Detectives in Malta are today following up a clutch of fresh reports of possible sightings of Madeleine McCann on the island.