:00:12. > :00:15.A new memorial service has been held to mark 28 years
:00:16. > :00:26.96 Liverpool supporters were killed at an FA Cup semi-final
:00:27. > :00:27.at Sheffield Wednesday's ground in 1989.
:00:28. > :00:29.The traditional gathering at Anfield was replaced by a scaled-back
:00:30. > :00:36.service at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral.
:00:37. > :00:45.We've had verdicts. We've got 96 unlawfully killed. And we all
:00:46. > :00:53.thought, well maybe now it's time to start having the big surfaces of
:00:54. > :00:58.surface at the cathedral. And that's surface at the cathedral. And that's
:00:59. > :01:00.where we got the truth which is what your most pleased with.
:01:01. > :01:02.Everton fans have welcomed the club's decision to ban Sun
:01:03. > :01:04.newspaper journalists from 'all areas of its operation'
:01:05. > :01:06.following an article about footballer Ross Barkley -
:01:07. > :01:09.The piece compared the midfielder to a "gorilla" and said men
:01:10. > :01:12.in Liverpool on HIS pay level were "drug dealers".
:01:13. > :01:23.Fans made their feelings towards the Sun clear outside
:01:24. > :01:26.Its journalists had already been banned from Liverpool Football Club
:01:27. > :01:30.over the newspaper's coverage of the Hillsborough disaster.
:01:31. > :01:32.And Everton announced today that it too had banned
:01:33. > :01:34.the newspaper from all areas, describing Kelvin MacKenzie's
:01:35. > :01:40.comments in Friday's edition as "appalling and indefensible".
:01:41. > :01:42.The columnist has been suspended by the Sun after comparing Everton
:01:43. > :01:45.midfielder Ross Barkley - whose grandfather was born
:01:46. > :01:48.in Nigeria - to a "gorilla", and writing that men with similar
:01:49. > :01:51.pay packets in Liverpool were "drug dealers".
:01:52. > :01:54.The Mayor of Liverpool had already reported the article to the police,
:01:55. > :02:08.The sun when they continue to constantly attack and snipe at our
:02:09. > :02:12.city, the drug true comments that Kelvin MacKenzie made, not just
:02:13. > :02:16.about Ross Barkley that the people of the city, I think it's right and
:02:17. > :02:20.fit that the club makes a stand and says enough is enough so I'm
:02:21. > :02:26.delighted. It's correct decision. You can't write that kind of stuff
:02:27. > :02:30.in the newspapers. It's not fair. It's offensive and inappropriate in
:02:31. > :02:31.every single way, it shouldn't happen. A sad indictment of Everton
:02:32. > :02:33.football. The Sun has apologised
:02:34. > :02:36."for the offence caused" and added that it was "unaware
:02:37. > :02:38.of Barkley's heritage". In a statement of his own,
:02:39. > :02:40.Kelvin MacKenzie added that it was "beyond parody"
:02:41. > :02:43.to describe the column as "racist". His comments in the newspaper
:02:44. > :02:45.are now also the subject of an investigation
:02:46. > :02:58.by the press regulator IPSO. Two men have been charged
:02:59. > :03:00.in connection with the death of Dylan Crawford in
:03:01. > :03:02.Manchester city centre. The 20 year old was found
:03:03. > :03:04.unconscious on Spear Street in the early hours of Wednesday
:03:05. > :03:07.morning and died later in hospital. 38 year old Ibrahim Amin of no fixed
:03:08. > :03:10.address has been charged with theft and Abdi Hassan -
:03:11. > :03:13.who's 32 and also of no fixed abode - has been charged with handling
:03:14. > :03:18.a stolen card and fraud. Some of the country's top cyclists
:03:19. > :03:21.were welcomed on to Lancashire's streets today for the Chorley Grand
:03:22. > :03:22.Prix. The race was won by Preston's Ian
:03:23. > :03:25.Bibby riding for JLT Condor. It's the third year
:03:26. > :03:28.for the Spring Cup Series. In the Premier League Everton
:03:29. > :03:30.won their match three-one And Manchester City are still
:03:31. > :03:33.playing Southampton. Time for some Easter
:03:34. > :03:45.weather with Lucy. Hello and good evening. Today an
:03:46. > :03:49.Easter Monday looking like the better bet for the drier and
:03:50. > :03:52.brighter weather this weekend, a few late spells and sunshine through
:03:53. > :03:57.this evening and then we are looking at a largely dry night seeing cloud
:03:58. > :04:02.increase, outbreaks of rain in the early hours. Overnight lows 5-7.
:04:03. > :04:05.Slightly cooler if you are out in the countryside and that takes us
:04:06. > :04:10.into Easter Sunday, a fairly cloudy day with plenty of outbreaks of rain
:04:11. > :04:17.through much of the day. At times the outbreaks are heavy, something
:04:18. > :04:20.quite wintry over higher ground and temperatures not up to much, maximum
:04:21. > :04:22.breeze. As we move into Easter breeze. As we move into Easter
:04:23. > :04:25.Monday will see the return of drier and brighter weather, a mixture of
:04:26. > :04:27.sunny spells and isolated showers, although fairly chilly.