has gone wrong. proper participation of bereaved families at inquests, with publicly funded lawyers. and a requirement that the findings of major inquests must be fully taken into account in subsequent criminal trials. those campaigners are meeting today virtually, because of covid and one of the speakers will be the labour mp maria eagle. she joins us now from liverpool. good morning to you. you saw that clip from anne, i am sure you have watched it. what sort of emotions have you and other campaigners had over the last few days in the light of it? it over the last few days in the light of it? ., , ., , over the last few days in the light of it? .,, ., , ., ., . ., of it? it was a very tough watch for those of us of it? it was a very tough watch for those of us who of it? it was a very tough watch for those of us who have of it? it was a very tough watch for those of us who have been - of it? it was a very tough watch for| those of us who have been involved with the families
of how the hillsborough disaster was a double tragedy for the families of those who died. not only did they face unimaginable grief but for years they were ignored, sidelined and even lied to by the authorities. let s see a clip from anne. this is a recreation of a memorial service at anfield in 2009 the 20th anniversary of the disaster when the sports minister andy burnham was making a speech. as the prime minister has asked me to convey, we can at least pledge that 96 fellow football supporters who died will never be forgotten. what about justice?! justice! what about justice?! he asked us to think at this time. justice! shouts of justice! # justice for the 96!#
wherever you are it will be chilly, a day to wrap up. around 7 degrees for the vast majority, cooler in the breeze. as you head through the school pick up and the start of evening rush hour, outbreaks of rain along the english channel and southern counties. sunshine north of that, but wintry showers in north west england, north wales and into parts of northern and western scotland. conditions will improve a little bit relative to how they are right now. into tonight, and ice will form quite widely. a widespread sharp frost but temperatures rise later in the night as cloud and rain spills in, snow across a scottish mountain. saturday, heavy rain sweeping into england and wales and it will still be there to the end of saturday across parts of eastern england. sunday, back to sunshine. that s good. thank you. if you were watching the itv drama anne this week, you ll have got a stark reminder
families and survivors at hillsborough were blamed by the police for what was their own fault and it has taken this long, and the campaign that you saw portrayed in anne, it has taken this long because the public authorities involved lied repeatedly over years and years and years and so we now know that the law has to change and that is what we are calling for today. and one thing you didn t mention, the public advocate proposal is to put families at the heart of these investigations by giving them agency so that they can call on the public advocate to get involved, and the public advocate would do what the hillsborough independent panel did, revealed documents but at a much earlier stage. we have to enable families to talk cover ups and that is an essential part of this call for a comprehensive hillsborough law which will mean that families caught up which will mean that families caught up through no fault of their own in
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