I will not negotiate with Bigley captors, vows Blair

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair stressed yesterday he was trying to secure Ken Bigley’s release but said there would be no negotiation with his captors.

His comments came as Foreign Secretary Jack Straw had what is believed to be his first face-to-face meeting with the Bigley family after pictures of the 62-year-old shackled in a cage were beamed around the world.

Mr Straw assured Mr Bigley’s family the British Government was doing “everything we possibly can” to secure the engineer’s release.