Gordon Brown said on Wednesday his government had put no pressure on Scotland to release the Lockerbie bomber to improve trade links with Libya.

The British and Scottish governments will publish documents relating to the release of the Lockerbie bomber on Tuesday.

A cool appraisal of the evidence shows that Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was not given a fair trial, writes Bryan Rostron.

There is no reason to be angry about the release of the Lockerbie bomber, Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi’s son said on Friday.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Tuesday he was ”angry” and ”repulsed” at Libya’s welcome home for the Lockerbie bomber.

British politicians on Friday condemned celebrations in Tripoli on the return of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.

Barack Obama said on Thursday that Libya should put cancer-stricken Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi under house arrest.

A former Libyan agent jailed for life for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people is to be freed on Thursday, the Scottish government said.

Scotland’s justice minister will on Thursday announce whether the ailing Lockerbie bomber is to be freed.

Scotland will decide by the end of next week on the fate of Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, convicted of the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people.

Preparations are under way to free Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, from prison next week.