by Clarice Webster | Dec 5, 2025 3:52PM | News
No charges are to be handed to the 12 police officers on duty on 15th April 1989 who would have faced gross misconduct charges under today’s law. A report from the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) found that responses to the disaster failed on both a...
by James Stocks | Apr 15, 2024 4:36PM | News, Top Story
On 15 April 1989, during an FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Sheffield’s Hillsborough Stadium, a tragic crush killed 97 and left hundreds injured. The causes of the Hillsborough tragedy are deeply rooted in a series of systemic...
by Rei Takver | Apr 15, 2024 4:15PM | Live News, Live News Summary
To mark the 35th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, mourners in Liverpool and Sheffield laid wreaths and stood in a minute’s silence to remember the dead. Sheffield Wednesday held a memorial service for the 97 people who died in the crowd crush during the...
by Rei Takver | Apr 15, 2024 2:10PM | Live News, Live News Summary
At 3:06pm, the exact minute of the Hillsborough Disaster 35 years ago, Liverpool City Council will livestream a minute’s silence on Facebook. Weather permitting, the minute’s silence will be punctuated by a bell tolling 97 times to honour the 97 victims of...
by Rukanah Mogra | Apr 15, 2024 2:09PM | News, Top Story
Today marks the 35th anniversary of one of football’s greatest tragedies – the Hillsborough Disaster – when 97 people were unlawfully killed attending an FA Cup semi-final tie between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. The tragedy unfolded primarily due to...
