When the Independent Office for Police Conduct published the final report on its mammoth investigation into the Hillsborough disaster, the response from bereaved families and survivors was conflicted. Some of the IOPC’s findings could be regarded as historic, in particular that 12 former officers would have had cases to answer for gross misconduct, including Peter Wright, the chief constable of So...

From The press conference has begun with a statement from lawyers representing the families, summarising the watchdog’s findings that more than 100 cases of gross misconduct allegations were found against former police officers. But there is no accountability, they say. “Not a single officer will face a disciplinary action,” says the lead lawyer Nicola Brook. “No one will be held to account.” She...

Twelve police officers would have faced disciplinary cases of gross misconduct for a catalogue of professional failings relating to the Hillsborough disaster if they were still serving, the police watchdog has said. However, no former officer named by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retired. Some, including Peter Wright, the...

Police were guilty of "deep complacency", "fundamental failure" and a "concerted effort" to blame fans during and after the Hillsborough disaster, according to a report from the police watchdog. The Independent Office for Police Conduct has spent 13 years carrying out the largest ever independent investigation into alleged police misconduct and criminality. Its report identified a dozen officers -...

The police watchdog will today publish its report into the actions of officers during and after the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. The Independent Office for Police Misconduct (IOPC) has been investigating South Yorkshire Police since 2012. It is the largest independent investigation into alleged police misconduct and criminality ever carried out in England and Wales. Hillsborough remains to this...

South Yorkshire Police (SYP) "consistently and intentionally presented unsubstantiated evidence" about the Hillsborough disaster, investigators say. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has been probing the 1989 tragedy since 2012 under the title Operation Resolve, and today published its verdict in a new 366-page report. Dozens of allegations of misconduct against several officers hav...

One derby goal tends to be enough for a place in Steel City folklore, so Tyrese Campbell is more than assured of his entry to the pantheon after scoring twice in Sheffield United’s 3-0 win at Hillsborough, 12 months on from his similar match-winning effort in the fixture at Bramall Lane. Chris Wilder’s side remain in the Championship bottom three but this was a bright spot in what has otherwise be...

After a nearly decade-long fight, the Public Office (Accountability) Bill has been introduced to parliament. Also known as the Hillsborough Law, the bill is intended to make sure authorities will face criminal sanctions if they attempt to cover up the facts behind disasters such as the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy, the Grenfell Tower fire and infected blood scandal. The bill being introduced to parli...

Public servants who deliberately cover up state-related disasters will face up to two years in jail under a new Hillsborough law, David Lammy has promised, following concerns from campaigners that it could be watered down. Writing in the Guardian, the deputy prime minister and lord chancellor said legislation would ensure that state actors from “the bobby on the beat to the highest office in the l...

Hillsborough campaigners have hailed a "momentous" day as a bill to force public officials to tell the truth is finally introduced into parliament. The Public Office (Accountability) Bill, known more commonly as "Hillsborough Law", will be tabled on Tuesday, after a nearly decade-long fight to get it on the statute book. Politics Live: Speaker grants emergency debate on Mandelson Crucially, the le...

Sheffield Wednesday have been banned from opening Hillsborough’s North Stand to spectators due to safety concerns, further compounding the challenges facing the crisis-hit club before the new Championship season. With Wednesday currently under an EFL transfer embargo, and Danny Rohl departing as manager this week, a prohibition notice issued by Sheffield city council means another problem has hit...

Families bereaved by the Hillsborough disaster have urged Sir Keir Starmer to reconsider the reported appointment of a former Sun editor to a senior government role. David Dinsmore, who edited the tabloid newspaper from 2013 to 2015 and is now the chief operating officer of its parent company News UK, is expected to become permanent secretary for communications. Politics Live: PM holding emergency...

More than 130 MPs have urged Sir Keir Starmer to deliver the Hillsborough Law as promised - amid claims it is being watered-down with a "toothless" replacement. Ian Byrne, the Labour MP for Liverpool West Derby, has written to the prime minister over concerns that officials have "carved out" key elements of the long-awaited legislation. Politics live: Labour rebel will still vote against welfare b...

Последний крупный сбой на платформе произошёл в марте 2025 года. Тогда глава X Илон Маск объяснял его «масштабной кибератакой», однако эксперты позже заявили, что причина — недостаточная безопасность серверов компании. По данным Wired, в дата-центре, арендованном Илоном Маском в Хиллсборо (Орегон), произошёл пожар. Пока неясно, связано ли это с последними сбоями. При этом проблемы продолжаются час...

Le 15 avril 1989, en marge d’un match de football entre Liverpool et Nottingham, un mouvement de foule tue 97 personnes, en raison d’une mauvaise gestion de la foule par les autorités. Mais dans les jours qui suivent Hillsborough, la police locale accuse les supporters de Liverpool – qui auraient été saouls et ingérables. Une première enquête conclut au caractère accidentel des 97 morts et près de...

The Hillsborough Law will not be implemented before the next anniversary of the disaster as promised, the government has confirmed. In a statement to Sky News, a spokesperson said that after consulting with families, "more time is needed" to draft the best version of the legislation. Politics Live; UK 'regrets return to protectionism', says Lammy Sky News understands families had concerns about th...

A 12-year investigation into the Hillsborough disaster by the police watchdog has concluded that no senior South Yorkshire police officers were guilty of misconduct for falsely blaming misbehaviour by Liverpool supporters. That police case was wholly rejected in 2016 by the jury at the second inquest, who determined that no behaviour of Liverpool supporters contributed to the disaster, which happe...

Intel объявила, что вице-президент Энн Келлехер (Ann Kelleher), возглавлявшая разработку технологий производство микросхем, покинет свой пост до конца 2025 года. Её уход совпадает с началом масштабных преобразований в производственном подразделении Intel Foundry и завершением этапа разработки ключевого техпроцесса Intel 18A на исследовательской площадке в штате Орегон. Келлехер проработала в компа...

Multiple allegations of misconduct against police officers relating to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster have been upheld by the police standards watchdog, bereaved families have been told. However, none will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all left the police service. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it had upheld complaints against some former South Yorkshire po...

Eliezer Mayenda tormented Sheffield Wednesday once again as his controversial double helped Sunderland boost their Championship automatic promotion hopes with a 2-1 victory at Hillsborough. The Spaniard scored two goals during the Black Cats’ 4-0 win over Wednesday in August and he grabbed both, including a highly contentious opener after what appeared to be a handball, on Friday night to help his...

A key figure in the fight for justice after the Hillsborough disaster has died, the campaign group has announced. Phil Hammond, whose teenage son was killed in the tragedy, was remembered as a “very kind, fair, honest and humble man” by members of the Hillsborough Family Support Group (HFSG) which Hammond chaired, battling for truth and justice over how his son and 96 others died. In 1989, his son...

President-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration. In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, Trump said that Chronister -- who has served the Tampa, Florida, area for over 32 years -- will work with his attorney general selection, Pam Bondi, to help secure the U.S.-Mexico Border. The DEA administrator is a S...

Grenfell, the Post Office, infected blood, Hillsborough … Britain has witnessed a long series of injustices where walls of silence and lies have stopped the powerless inconveniencing the powerful by telling their whole truths. To that list, in the section where further disclosure is still urgently required, we should add the UK’s nuclear testing scandal. This calmly scathing documentary sets out t...

"Мы видим, как усиливается ветер, накаляется атмосфера, поэтому необходимо оставаться в безопасности", – говорит жительница Тампы Полина. По ее словам, специалисты прогнозируют, что уровень реки Хилсборо, протекающей через Тампу, должен подняться до 4 метров. Еще один житель города говорит, что в центральном районе Тампы почти не осталось жителей. "Людей вокруг совсем нет, это зона А, из которой е...

The new Hillsborough law will be introduced before the next anniversary of the disaster, Keir Starmer will promise at the Labour party conference in Liverpool. The new legislation will introduce a legal duty of candour to all public bodies, with potential for criminal sanctions for any official or authority that misleads or obstructs investigations. The current legal duty of candour requires care...