Families welcome Lockerbie review

The families of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing have welcomed moves by police in Scotland to pursue "several potential lines of inquiry".

However, they renewed calls for a public inquiry in to the 1988 atrocity.

The Crown Office - Scotland's prosecuting authority - told relatives of British victims, via e-mail, that a police review of the case had started now that "appeal proceedings were at an end".

It said police were following several new lines of inquiry, including a review of forensic evidence into the 1988 bombing.