Hillsborough - Home Secretary's Statement in Parliament
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Hillsborough - Home Secretary's Statement in Parliament


The Home Secretary has made a statement in Parliament relating to the Hillsborough Stadium disaster in April 1989.  The statement was essentially a progress report on how matters have proceeded since the publication of the Hillsborough Independent Panel report. 

A website - Hillsborough Inquests - has been set up to enable matters to be followed by the public.  




- Hillsborough Inquests Underway
Goldring LJThe April 1989 Hillsborough Disaster Inquests began today (31st March).  The initial inquests were never seen as satisfactory by the families of the deceased and fresh inquests were ordered by the High Court in December 2012. The new inquests...

- Hillsborough Disaster ~ New Inquest To Be Held
Update:  The judgment of the court quashing all the inquest verdicts - Her Majesty' Attorney-General v HM Coroner for South Yorkshire (West) and HM Coroner for West Yorkshire (West)  [2012] EWHC 3783 Admin  - Lord Judge LCJ, Burnett...

- Hillsborough ~ Independent Panel ~ No.2
UPDATE 12th October - IPCC announcement UPDATE 5th October - Retirement announced of Sir Norman Bettison - Chief Constable of South Yorkshire UPDATE 17th September - The Justice Gap - Mark George QC - Hillsborough and Cover Ups UPDATES 13th September...

- Hillsborough Debate In Parliament
Hillsborough, Sheffield - April 1989 A debate in the House of Commons is to be held from about 6pm this evening (17th October) regarding the release of documents relating to the Hillsborough stadium disaster of  April 1989 - see UK Parliament - E-Petition...

- The Hillsborough Disaster - April 1989 - The Search For Information Continues
Update 13th September - there will be a debate in Parliament on 17th October Updated 25th August The 1980s saw a number of appalling disasters at Football grounds: Heysel stadium 29th May 1985; Bradford City 11th May 1985 and Hillsborough 15th April...



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