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saying it had underestimated the challenge. during around six hours of evidence he admitted that he should have twigged sooner how serious the situation was and said he was sorry for the pain and loss and suffering of victims and families. at one point some campaigners interupted the hearing holding signs that read the dead can t hear your apologies . much of today focused on the start of the pandemic and the timing of covid measures. italy was the first country in the world to announce nationwide lockdown measures on the 9th march. the uk didn t follow suit until a fortnight later. that first lockdown stayed in place untiljune. borisjohnson put england into a second full lockdown in november, ss well as a third full lockdown in january. 0ur deputy political editor, vicki young, sent this report. a lot has been said by a lot of people about borisjohnson s time in number ten. he was confronted by the biggest challenge to face a prime minister in peacetime, notjust a health cr ....
Victims of attacks and disasters including grenfell say they support the idea of a law which would force public officials to give full and truthful evidence to all forms of inquiry investigation. this memorial to the victims of the manchester arena attack opened earlier this week. and after the bombing, there was an independent review which was followed by the ongoing public inquiry. but there has been criticism that some witnesses have given different versions of evidence to the two sets of legal proceedings. campaigners for hillsborough law say it would stop that kind of thing happening. it is no longer acceptable for ranks to be closed, for victims to be blamed, for huge efforts to be made to create a false narrative. we just will not accept that any more and that is what the hillsborough law is all about changing. the government says it will respond to recommendations, including a hillsborough law, in due course. ....
Labour mp, jack dromey, who has died, aged 73. there are widespread calls for reform of the justice system to improve the rights of families bereaved through public tragedies, like the hillsborough disaster and the grenfell tower fire. campaigners want what s being called a hillsborough law, to allow publicly funded legal representation for bereaved families, and public servants like the police to be compelled to tell the truth at all inquiries. our north of england correspondent, judith moritz has more. # you ll never walk alone.# the hillsborough families and survivors spent 30 years fighting forjustice. now, their court days are behind them but there are renewed calls for legal change. we need to find those witnesses and prove that kevin could have been saved. this week, a drama about hillsborough mum ann williams has given that momentum. today, two former prime ministers during the campaign for a hillsborough law. ....