Hillsborough

Many of the relatives of the 96 people killed in the Hillsborough football disaster were either in court in Preston today or watching in Liverpool by video link, as lawyers argued whether or not the former match commander, David Duckenfield, can be prosecuted. It turned out to be a day of intense legal argument.

Six people have been charged with criminal offences relating to the Hillsborough disaster. Among them are the former chief superintendent of South Yorkshire Police, David Duckenfield, who faces charges of manslaughter by gross negligence, and former chief constable Sir Norman Bettison, charged with misconduct in public office. Families of the 96 people who died in…

If there is one individual who, more than anyone else, was responsible for campaigning for the truth of what happened at Hillsborough, it is Professor Phil Scraton, of Queen’s University in Belfast. He says the families’ long campaign shows that justice can prevail.

Files on 23 individuals and organisations involved in the Hillsborough disaster have been handed over to the Crown prosecution service which will now decide if criminal charges should follow.

He’s long been a controversial figure in the history of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster. Now Norman Bettison – then a chief inspector in South Yorkshire Police and later to become Chief Constable of Merseyside and West Yorkshire – has published a book giving his side of the story. Mr Bettison is under investigation by the…

A former senior police officer has spoken exclusively to Channel 4 News after a report he’d written detailing command failings at Hillsborough was covered up.

A message accidentally posted on a website for retired South Yorkshire Police officers has assured them they “did a good job” in the 1980s, despite the deaths of 96 fans in the Hillsborough disaster.

Earlier today, a jury at Warrington coroner’s court decided by a majority verdict that the 96 victims of the Hillsborough stadium disaster had been killed unlawfully.

The final annual Hillsborough memorial service will be held at Anfield today, 27 years after 96 Liverpool fans died in a crush at an FA Cup semi-final.

Former police chief Sir Norman Bettison chokes back his emotions as he tells the Hillsborough inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool supporters that he was blamed for a cover-up to smear fans.

The Hillsborough match commander tells the inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans that his failure to close a tunnel was the “direct cause” of the tragedy.

David Duckenfield, in charge of policing at Hillsborough on April 15 1989, denies taking part in a “cover-up” but admits making mistakes. Here are the key moments from his evidence to the inquest.

David Duckenfield, who was match commander at Hillsborough on 15 April 1989 when 96 Liverpool fans died, gives evidence to the inquest into the disaster. Alex Thomson reports via Twitter.