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Breaking News - Hillsborough papers release date set
A date has been announced for secret government and police documents on the Hillsborough disaster to be released to the families of those who died. The Hillsborough Independent Panel, which has examined thousands of papers, is to release them on 12 September. Ninety-six Liverpool football fans died after a crush on overcrowded terraces in Sheffield in April 1989.
An official inquiry found the main cause was a failure in crowd control by South Yorkshire Police. In a statement announcing the release date, the panel said it hoped it would "give the bereaved families sufficient time to prepare for the disclosure". "One of the panel's central objectives has been consultation with the bereaved families," it said. "In due course the panel will contact each family to explain details of the disclosure arrangements." More than 400,000 pages of documents from more than 80 organisations had been analysed by the panel, it said.
After the release to relatives of the victims, the papers will later be disclosed to the wider public. The panel will also deliver a report "explaining how the disclosed documents add to public understanding" of the disaster.
Courtesy of BBC News
Who we are
The Hillsborough Family Support Group was founded in May 1989 by a majority of the families who lost loved ones in the Football Disaster at Hillsborough Stadium Sheffield, England on the 15th April 1989. A few families met whilst traveling to and from the Lord Justice Taylor Inquiry, and decided that we should contact every next of kin and form a group. We held our first meeting at the Vernon Sangster Sports Centre, Liverpool. By July of the same year, we had democratically elected a committee and held our first committee meeting.
As our logo implies, the bereaved families came together to help and support each other throughout the aftermath. It became very clear at an early stage that a strong group was needed if a campaign to bring out the truth and ensure justice was to succeed. These pages will help you realise the amount of work the HFSG has done in their search for justice and how hard we had to fight against insurmountable odds. We are the original Hillsborough group and would like to thank Liverpool Football Club for all their support over the years.
Yours truly
Margaret Aspinall
Chair
Hillsborough Family Support Group
HFSG t-shirts are now available and come in two stylish designs. One which simply shows ninty six flowers in the shape of 96 (as above) and the other has the distinctive words "Justice for the 96". Each tee shirt is printed and despatched from Liverpool Tees and for every t-shirt purchased £4 goes to the HFSG and will allow us to continue the fight for justice for the 96.
For more information and to get your t-shirt please visit Liverpool Tees.
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