Lockerbie bows to Dunblane

Relatives of British victims of the Lockerbie air disaster have decided against holding their customary memorial service in London this year.

Sympathy for the plight of the families bereaved in Dunblane - and a wish not to deflect attention from that massacre - was given as one of the reasons. It will be the first time in eight years that the Lockerbie disaster has gone unmarked by a pre-Christmas service in London.