The son of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has lost an appeal against his late father s conviction.
The bombing of Pan Am flight 103, travelling from London to New York on December 21 1988, killed 270 people in Britain s largest terrorist atrocity.
Former Libyan intelligence officer Megrahi was found guilty in 2001 of mass murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years - the only person convicted of the attack.
A third appeal against his conviction was heard in November at the High Court in Edinburgh, before a panel of five judges sitting as the Court of Appeal.
Judges have now rejected both grounds of appeal, meaning his conviction stands.
| UPDATED: 17:19, Fri, Jan 15, 2021
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The Scottish First Minister s handling of the coronavirus crisis has won over swathes of Labour and Tory voters, according to a new poll. A survey conducted by Savanta ComRes showed Ms Sturgeon s personal ratings are up, with 76 percent of voters believing her to be intelligent – an increase of three points. 74 percent of respondents said she is a strong leader, also up three points, and 57 percent believe she is genuine, up two points.
There will be a separate Scottish national insurance fund, and the rest of the UK will have the lion s share.
Mr Brown also argued that the SNP s estimates for oil revenues – which would have helped fund pensions under independence – were at odds with private documents leaked to the media.
He added: They didn t expect to get £6.9billion from oil, they only expect to get £4billion . far from having all these billions of resources, the SNP are exaggerating all the time. That difference of over two million is the equivalent of half the amount of money spent on everybody s pension in Scotland.
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Figures showed fewer than half of those using NHS Scotland s Covid-19 app who tested positive for the virus had entered the code to alert other users that they should self isolate. The Scottish Government data revealed that up to December 10th, 27,239 codes were issued, but only 11,549 were uploaded.
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Scotland s first cross Citizens Assembly has published its vision for the country s future with Scots claiming further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a preferred option. The report contains 60 recommendations which include the Scottish Parliament receiving further powers from Westminster and cooperating with the UK Government.