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decides that the victims were unlawfully killed.

For 27 years their families have fought to uncover

We've campaigned for years, years and years.

We were determined to stay steadfast and battle on,

irrespective of the knock backs we have received.

96 Liverpool fans were killed in the tragedy -

The jury blamed ambulance service delays and the failings

of the police - today the force issued an apology.

That day, 96 people died and the lives of many others

The force failed the victims and failed their families.

We'll be looking at whether there will now be criminal prosecutions.

still no sign of an agreement by junior doctors -

The government, the Health Secretary are pushing on an already-stretched

Many people will say, is it proportionate or appropriate to be

withdrawing emergency care for patients? On BBC London, delays and

withdrawing emergency care for cancellations after a strike on

Southern trains. And the father accused of killing a

six-year-old, a jury is shown threatening text messages he sent to

her mother. It's taken 27 long years,

but finally the families of the Hillsborough disaster victims

have the answers they've After the longest such case

in British legal history, the jury decided that the 96

Liverpool fans who died The jury reached that decision

because they were sure that policing errors had contributed

to the disaster. And also, contrary to reports

at the time, the fans' own behaviour They sing

where the inquests took place. it on The Kop. This is what the jury

decision means to these families. Now, you will all believe us.

Unlawful. They have been haunted by Hillsborough for 27 years. We have

been knocked back so many times. I don't know, I am overwhelmed. I

don't know what to say. They still feel the pain of April 19 89. On a

clear sunny day at Hillsborough, at this stage is set for a rerun of

last year's classic. We were all excited about the game. A couple of

hours later, both my children were dead. Horrific scenes, I have no way

of knowing how many casualties we have, but they got considerable. You

saw the faces against the fence and people were saying, can you help us,

please. They are killing us. We have people being carried away on

stretchers. I remember saying to him, please breathe, please breathe.

I cannot stress enough, the serious nature of what has happened at

Hillsborough today. We have witnessed a tragedy. James, Gary

Aspinall. Paul William Carlisle. 96 lives ended, countless more were

shattered. From one day of disaster came years of grief, trauma and

anger. They called for Justus. Now, they have been heard. The families

have always felt the match commander, David Dukinfield failed

to keep the fans said. Now the jury agrees, saying his mistakes were so

serious, the supporters were unlawfully killed. Outside the

ground, thousands of fans gathered. The jury decided the police lost

control. David Dukinfield ordered a large gate to be opened to let them

in. The jury said commanding officers should have closed the

tunnel to the terraces. Because they didn't, people were crushed to

death. Chief Superintendent David Dukinfield later lied, saying the

fans forced the gate. It was more than a quarter of a century before

he netted his mistakes at these inquests. David Dukinfield sat in

the inquest box, the man who had been paid to protect the fans but

had chosen instead to blame them. For the first time he admitted his

light and apologised for his mistakes. Some relatives sobbed,

finding it too much to bear after so many years. My name is Sharon

Hennessy and I lost my dad in the disaster. Charlotte was just six

when she lost her father at Hillsborough. Now a parent herself,

on the night of David Dukinfield's apology, she recorded her reaction

for the BBC. I can categorically say now, I don't accept your apology,

David Dukinfield. I don't accept it. You made us live a life or 26 years.

That is beyond cruel. One grieving father waited outside court that day

to seize the chance to confront the match commander himself. Today, he

said he had achieved justice for his son. I went the other day to his

grave. I took my mobile and made sure there was nobody around. This

may sound that, I sat on the stone next to Chris, and I brought up the

phone and played, You'll Never Walk Alone to him. Today, some have

called for the resignation of the current Chief Constable of the South

Yorkshire Police. The force failed their victims and their families.

Today, as I have said before, I want to apologise unreservedly to the

families and those affected. The jury said lives were lost because

the Ambulance Service did not declare a major incident. Today, the

service apologised. Tony Edwards was one of the only medics to make it

onto the pitch with no back-up support. If we had dealt with it

topic, I wouldn't have been on my own and there would have been other

ambulance crews there and we could have stayed on the pitch. This is

what we have been saying for years. Now they are having to look at that

properly. There was vindication for survivors and Liverpool fans, who

the jury said played no part in causing the disaster. They died

around us, some of them died beneath us. We carried them on the pitch and

we were there in their final moments. It was us trying to save

their lives. But 96 men, women and children as young as ten, lost their

lives. The coroner told their families, they could have done no

more. Before today, justice for the 96 was a battle cry, now it is being

sung in victory. Today South Yorkshire Police

admitted that policing at the Hillsborough match had gone

"catastrophically wrong". The jury found that errors

of judgement made by the police commander on the day amounted

to "gross negligence". Our special correspondent

Lucy Manning is inside the stadium where the tragedy

unfolded back in 1989. There is now a stillness inside

Hillsborough. This is where the fans stood, where they cheered and where

they died. There are 96 White seats, one for every fan who was unlawfully

killed. And behind the tunnel they came through when the gates were

opened. There is now a clarity about the day, a clarity the families knew

all along, that this was not fans' faults, the police were to blame.

The Ambulance Service, Sheffield Wednesday and others were also

responsible for the failures. The truth about what happened on these

terraces is now known by everyone. Like today's fans, they were just

going to a game and then home. But too many Liverpool supporters

didn't make it. Let down by the police,

who should have protected them. The emergency services

who could have saved them and the football ground

that was supposed to be safe. By opening that gate they opened

up the gates of hell. Tony Garratty was a steward

inside the ground. This is his first interview

about what happened at Hillsborough. What did you make of the police

behaviour on the day No one knew who were in

charge to start with. I seen police stood there talking

while people were laid on the floor. The failures started

earlier on outside. Not enough turnstiles,

not enough police officers here. Radios that weren't working

and an inexperienced match commander And as the fans started to be

crushed here outside the ground, the disastrous, fateful decision

was taken to open the gate. That situation got out

of hand early doors. A responsible police officer

would have looked at it, assessed the situation and then

done something about it, William Crawford was

a police Sergeant working All it needed was someone to pass me

a message and say, close the tunnel, we are going to open the gate,

close a tunnel. Despite the clear view

from the police control box, The commander, David Dukinfield,

called for police dogs The jury found, not only did

the police cause the tragedy, but they didn't do enough

to save fans. I really felt mad,

because I actually saw police I told the on the day that I'd seen

this, I'd seen them hitting them on their hands with the truncheons

as they were climbing up. I was told I was mistaken and I must

have been seen things. I was told I was mistaken and I must

have been seeing things. But that ate me up

for a long, long time. Doug Earls was just a year out

of training when he tried to rescue How did you feel that

the senior officers behaved? But I think with the enormity of it,

they were just frozen. I might have shouted to them,

I don't remember. Some police just stood still,

lined up across the pitch But the fans weren't

fighting, David dying. But the fans weren't

fighting, they were dying. I personally thought we were very

light on manpower at this end. And more than 200 people

who raised their concerns afterwards found their accounts

had been changed. I was shown my statement and that

paragraph had been deleted. And it was removed

because it was criticism. But serious criticism

from the jury also for One, an hour after

the disaster started. Peter Wells was one

of the volunteers with What about South Yorkshire ambulance

and ambulance staff? Their staff were there but I never

saw any of them in the ground. When I got to the fence,

it was so obvious that people were in trouble that anybody

trained, ambulance man or otherwise, anybody who saw it would have known

instantly they were in trouble As Peter, on the left,

was picked should running down the pitch to save people,

professional ambulance staff failed to immediately declare

a major incident. But this was a ground,

the jury decided, that even before Sheffield Wednesday says football

grounds have now changed. Rod Smith was part of

the safety investigation team Within half an hour of walking

round the ground, I saw so many obvious deficiencies that

didn't need rules to tell you they were deficiencies,

but common sense would say, my God, that's dangerous, something

needs to be done about that. For those who were there that day,

who did help, it stays with them. Those two girls at the front,

who I was convinced they died. Their eyes just rolled up

into their head and I thought, It wasn't until I went

to Warrington afterwards, You only found it

out at the inquest? ARCHIVE: There have been a lot

of people injured and some are very, Tony still remembers those

he helped, more than a dozen. I picked him up and I physically

carried him in my arms. I was talking to him and telling him

I had someone was waiting Obviously, I never found out

who he was. Most of the people I helped,

I know their names. That was former Sheffield Wednesday

steward, Tony Garratty Since 1989 there have been a number

of attempts to find out exactly In 1991, two years after

the tragedy, an Inquest jury returned a majority decision

of accidental death. Undaunted, the families kept up

the pressure and in 2009 the Labour minister Andy Burnham called

for all documents relating That led to a new report from

the Hillsborough Independent Panel, which highlighted police failings

and leant support to some Our Home Editor Mark Easton

is in Liverpool for us now. Mark, I imagine this is an important

day for the city of Liverpool. Indeed. An enormous banner

proclaiming truth and justice has been draped across in George's Hall

this evening as crowds gathered to mark what is seen as a major victory

for the Hillsborough campaign, and indeed for this city. Truth - I feel

that people think this verdict got us closer to that. The verdict of

unlawful killing and the exoneration of fans are seen as important. For

Justice - campaigners might say, just not -- not just yet. They want

to see people in the dock. An unlawful killing verdict does not

mean that that will happen, but the CPS have said that in normal

circumstances, when a jury delivers that verdict, there is an

expectation of criminal proceedings. There are two investigation is

ongoing. One is looking into potential criminality at the ground,

and indeed the safety of the ground on the day. The other looks at the

alleged cover-up that followed the tragedy. Both of those

investigations are due to deliver their findings to the CPS, we think,

by the end of the year. Campaigners would say, truth, we're getting

closer, justice, not quite yet. Thank you very much.

Justice at last - the Hillsborough inquest jury decides that the 96

And still to come: A long journey for the Hillsborough families -

Coming up in Sport on BBC News: the ups and downs of their struggle.

Jess Varnish says she wants to change the culture of British

cycling and stands by her claims she's been the victim

Junior hospital doctors in England have staged the first ever all-out

strike in the history of the NHS in their continuing row

with the Government over the imposition of a new contract.

The British Medical Association, who called for the action, have over

NHS England says 78% of those expected to work today

didn't report for duty, and there's another day

Our health editor, Hugh Pym, reports.

Save our NHS! Once again, doctors gathered outside hospitals in

England, but this time it was different. They strike affected

emergencies as well as routine care, an unprecedented escalation. For

many, it seemed to be the only way to show their anger at Government

contract reforms. I'm scared that the Government and the Health

Secretary are pushing an already stretched NHS to breaking point. I

think the changes that are planned and that he is threatening to

implement will result in a demoralised, exhausted and unsafe

junior doctor body. For this doctor, it was going too far and she wasn't

prepared to walk out on emergency patients. Part of being a doctor is

providing emergency care. It is a red meat -- red line for me to say I

want provide it. The day I don't provide it is the day I don't

consider myself to be a doctor any longer. Many hospitals like this one

in Milton Keynes said they were coping well, with consultants and

senior nursing staff covering gaps left by the junior doctors. A was

said to be quieter than usual. Thousands of routine operations and

appointments across England were cancelled, and were calls for both

sides to get back to the negotiating table. We need to resolve this. The

NHS simply cannot continue with tens of thousands of patients who have

been cancelled across the country. The cumulative effect that that has

on our ability to provide safe, effective services. The contract has

proved highly controversial. The Government view is it gets hospitals

able to have doctors working at weekends. It means higher basic pay

but lower payments for unsocial hours. The BMA says the contract has

an underground -- has inadequate safeguards. I think many people will

say, you can disagree with the Government's plans for a seven-day

NHS, but to withdraw emergency care from patients is not proportionate

and is not a line that doctors should cross. The Secretary of State

has announced the imposition of a contract that, as a group and as

individuals, they do not trust and that nobody thinks is the solution

to the NHS's problems. If the strength of feeling on picket lines

is anything to go by, the level of support amongst doctors is solid.

The question is, how things develop from here. If the dispute drags on

for some time. Much will depend on public opinion. You don't want to be

therefore arise, you are out of order. Anti-doctor feeling still

seems to be in the minority, with the latest polls suggesting that

more than half of those surveyed support today's action.

The clothing retailer Austin Reed has become the second big high

street name to go into administration in as many days.

The chain has about 155 shops, and it's thought about

Yesterday BHS went into administration, leaving

And the former owner of BHS, Sir Phillip Green, is to be called

to appear before a cross-party committee of MPs to face questions

BHS has a deficit in its pension fund estimated at

The president of the Japanese car maker Mitsubishi has admitted it

cheated fuel economy tests for 25 years.

Tetsuro Aikawa said he was "sincerely" sorry that

customers had bought vehicles based on false figures.

The carmaker's shares fell nearly 10% on the news.

For the families that lost loves ones at Hillsborough,

it has been a long and difficult journey to find justice.

The youngest victim was just 10 years old - the oldest, 67.

Our UK affairs correspondent, Jeremy Cooke, has been speaking

to three women who've been fighting for the truth.

The last miles on the road to justice.

This is it, Dad, this is

It's been worth it, worth every tear.

COMMENTATOR: Clearly, something has gone badly wrong...

The news from Hillsborough left Liverpool with overwhelming

grief and a burning sense of injustice.

Henry Burke was 47 when he died at Hillsborough.

He died in the most appalling circumstances.

My dad didn't deserve to die like that.

There are many times I would go to the cemetery,

Down the years, they have shared the grief for fellow fans who died.

Paul was such a lovely, easy-going lad.

And he was tarred with this image that they were all drunk

and they were hooligans, and that was further from

This was and remains a national tragedy.

Andrew Mark Brooks travelled to the match from the

I lost my family that day, I lost everything

Everybody, and I mean everybody, it was being involved in

the lies, the corruption and the cover-up.

They should be ashamed of themselves.

They have no idea what they put us families through.

Bittersweet for families who always kept the faith.

relief, but also anger, frustration and heartbreak.

You've watched them die many times on the videos in the

court, seen them being dragged out, and that, for us, is heartbreaking,

What we have achieved today will go down as a defining moment in British

social and legal history, when the establishment were taken

on by the ordinary people and the

27 years too late, as far as I'm concerned.

The hell these people put us families through, appalling.

Many Hillsborough families insisting that those

held responsible for the disaster must face justice.

Nowhere has the Hillsborough tragedy been felt more

Let me take you to some live pictures from outside Anfield.

The 96 people killed were Liverpool fans.

All day people have been leaving their tributes,

remembering the loved ones who never came back after what should have

Let's return to our correspondent Judith Moritz, who has

followed the inquests over the past two years.

How would you sum up this day and what it means?

In a word, historic. The families have been coming here day in day out

for two years. They have kept quiet, listening to quite traumatic

evidence. In some cases, they say, they have had to sit on their hands,

not able to react, because of legal rules. Today they had some release.

As soon as that verdict was announced, they let to their feet.

The place erupted. The coroner gave them that moment. One family member

shouted to the jury, God bless you. They said that the last 27 years by

them have been like an extended form or bereavement. At least today, they

say, although it is not the end of the Holst Orrick, it is the closure

of the chapter. Thank you very much. You can see the shower clouds

building. The temperatures dropped away in the showers. There was

hailed, sleet and a few rumbles of thunder. We have a rash of showers

in the next few hours. They will fade away from inland areas in the

small hours of tomorrow morning. There will still be some showers in

the West and northern cause. It will be a cold morning tomorrow and there

will be a touch of frost. There is a risk of ice in northern Scotland.

Wintry showers here and in Northern Ireland early on. In Northern

Ireland, mainly fine and dry with sunshine. A shower or two through

the morning, also possible through Wales. Many places in the East get

off to a dry and bright start. A bit of a breeze and a chill in the air.

Perhaps a few showers in East Anglia. Eventually, it will be

another day of sunny spells and showers. Showers will drift from the

west to the east, some of them heavy with hail and thunder. You could get

quite a downpour in some places. The winds are not quite as strong as in

recent days, so temperatures could be in double figures for a few

places. Thursday is a reasonable day for many places. Some persistent

rain in Northern Ireland, and that will spread its way across many

parts towards the end of the week. It is down to this low system. Quite

a few isobars on the chart, so quite wet and windy for the end of the

week. George. That's all from the BBC News at Six,

so it's goodbye from me.