LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Hillsborough inquiry

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:21

Description

Michael O’Neill reports from Sheffield on the inquiry into the Hillsborough stadium disaster (15/04/89). Includes interview with fan giving evidence, David Hughes, on police slamming shut a gate onto the pitch and pushing people back in; and report on evidence of fan Mark Hughes who called for ticket touts to be outlawed to prevent those without tickets turning up.

Contributors

David Hughes; Michael O’Neill

Keywords

Deaths; Police; Association football; Policing practice; Sheffield; Football stadiums; Public inquiries; Liverpool Football Club; Disasters (events); Nottingham Forest Football Club; Hillsborough Stadium disaster (1989)

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