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Disaster. The families look for a nswe is. Grenfell tower disaster. Labour urges mps to back an amendment to the queens speech calling on the government to recruit more Police Officers and firefighters and to end the Public Sector pay cap. No more needles a flu jab using a sticking plaster passes safety tests in its first Human Trial Experts say it could revolutionise how injections are given. A world wide cyber attack continues to wreak havoc for a second day frances biggest bank is its latest ...

For theresa mays Minority Government, mps will vote on the queens speech later. In half an hours time the culture and Media Secretary will announce whether 21st Century Fox will be allowed to takeover sky. The deal would give Rupert Murdoch total control of the broadcaster. And Dame Katherine grainger, the incoming chair of uk sport, says she has huge concerns about Athlete Welfare. I think there is huge concerns, without a doubt, no one is pretending there isnt. Good morning. Its thursday 29th ...

Everybody thinks we need to learn the lessons from the Grenfell Tower fire. And responsibility for drawing up the right lessons rests primarily on the shoulders of one man sir Martin Moore Bick, a 70 year old former commercial lawyer and appeal courtjudge. He went to the site of the fire today and met residents, which sounds fine. But and its a big one he then downplayed expectations of what his inquiry might cover and how quickly it could report. Now, im well aware that the residents and the lo...

Expecting to hear the truth of how my girls had died, I was horrified to hear the police making statement after statement about drunk, ticketless Liverpool fans being to blame, writes Jenni Hicks.

Kevin Sampson’s four-part television series is an admirable tribute to Anne Williams, who lost her 15-year-old son Kevin in Britain’s worst sporting disaster, the 1989 crush at Hillsborough football stadium.

Government committed to learning Hillsborough lessons as MPs slam justice failings Lord Chancellor says lessons must be learned from tragedy and subsequent battle for justice Hillsborough banner on Liverpool Town Hall. (Pic Andrew Teebay). (Image: Liverpool Echo) The sun is finally here - but the news doesnt stop. Sign up for our newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe for free When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these ne...

Theresa May urges review after collapse of Hillsborough cover up trial Theresa May raised the collapse of the trial last month in the House of Commons Theresa May raises the prospect of a review of the law following the collapse of the Hillsborough cover up trial during Prime Ministers Questions at the House of Commons. Image: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA Wire (Image: PA) The sun is finally here - but the news doesnt stop. Sign up for our newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please t...

By John Hyde2021-05-28T10:50:00+01:00 Lawyers for one of the defendants in the collapsed Hillsborough criminal case have rejected accusations that they manipulated the system to secure a result. Mr Justice Williams Davis ruled earlier this week that there was no case to answer against retired solicitor Peter Metcalf and former police officers Alan Foster and Donald Denton over the handling of police statements following the 1989 Hillsborough disaster at which 96 Liverpool supporters died. Lon...

By John Hyde2021-05-27T07:07:00+01:00 The solicitor acting for South Yorkshire Police in the Hillsborough inquiry has been cleared of trying to pervert the course of justice in a ruling dealing in detail with a lawyer’s professional duties. Mr Justice William Davis ruled that Peter Metcalf, who is now retired, had no case to answer and that the jury should acquit. The judge acknowledged the strength of feeling in the case following the death of 96 people at at the Hillsborough ground in Sh...

Morally wrong justice system slammed as anger follows Hillsborough trial collapse Margaret Aspinall was joined by mayors Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham as the three reacted to the collapse of a trial linked to the aftermath of the Hillsborough tragedy Campaigner Margaret Aspinall with Steve Rotheram, Mayor of Liverpool City Region, and Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, at a Hillsborough press conference at Anfield. Photo by Colin Lane (Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo) Get our daily E...