The past on trial: the charge sheet
Tragedy follows scandal – yet our police, our armed services, and our judiciary learn nothing. If they did, it would not happen over and over again, would it?
David Duckenfield, the police officer in charge when 96 Liverpool fans died at Hillsborough, says he “was probably not the best man for the job”. Here are the other key moments from the inquests.
Former Liverpool player and manager Kenny Dalglish has given an emotional testimony at the Hillsborough inquest. He described the “mayhem” inside the stadium during the disaster.
A Channel 4 News investigation reveals Wikipedia edits to pages on Jean Charles de Menezes, Lee Rigby and Damilola Taylor made from government computers.
An inquest jury sees footage from 1981 – eight years before 96 fans died in the Hillsborough tragedy – showing fans clambering over barriers after a crush at the same football ground in Sheffield.
Liverpool entertain Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday in a match which could see the Reds taking a giant step closer to landing the title for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century.
The Cabinet Office says it believes “one or two” individuals are behind the “sickening” amendments made to the Wikipedia page on the Hillsborough disaster.
A memorial service marks 25 years since the Hillsborough disaster claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool football fans.
Relatives of the 96 football fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster arrive for long-awaited new inquests, hoping that “every stone is unturned”.
An investigation is underway to try and determine the cause of a fire at an immigration detention centre near Oxford which left two people in hospital and resulted in detainees being moved.
Fans’ witness accounts of the Hillsborough stadium disaster and the statements of 74 police officers involved may have been changed, the police watchdog claims.
The Police Federation’s evidence at a pre-inquest hearing drew gasps from the gallery as it called for a delay to proceedings and suggested some police officers may refuse to answer questions.
Anne Williams, one of the most vocal campaigners for justice following the death of her 15-year-old son at the Hillsborough disaster, has died of cancer aged 62.
The Government will fund legal representation for the families of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster at the planned new inquests into their deaths.
The original accidental death verdicts returned on 96 Liverpool fans are quashed, as a new police investigation into the Hillsborough disaster is announced by the home secretary.
Tragedy follows scandal – yet our police, our armed services, and our judiciary learn nothing. If they did, it would not happen over and over again, would it?