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'Low key' Lockerbie memorial plan

Community groups in Lockerbie are planning a "low key" approach to the 20th anniversary of its air disaster.
A total of 270 people were killed when Pan Am flight 103 blew up above the Dumfries and Galloway town on 21 December 1988.

Local organisations said they hoped events would "remember the past" but also be "focused on the future".
Read entire article at BBC