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Hereford & Worcester,3 mins

Bromsgrove remembers Lockerbie loss 35 years on

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It was Britain's worst ever terror atrocity - the 21st of December, 1988, when the Lockerbie disaster claimed the lives of 270 people. Pan Am Flight 103 between London and New York was destroyed by a bomb while it was flying above the tiny Scottish town - with bodies littering the streets up two miles away. And as we approach the 35th anniversary of the disaster, a former Worcestershire GP who lost his daughter in the horror says it's vital the fight for justice goes on - as he features in a new Sky documentary about the attack. Flora Swire, who was just 23 and from Bromsgrove, was travelling on that fateful plane to visit her boyfriend in America for Christmas. Her father Dr Jim Swire has worked with Sky on the new four-part series, called 'Lockerbie', which aims to rekindle public attention on the atrocity. Jim sat down with our reporter Tom Edwards.

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