Socialist Worker's coverage of the Hillsborough inquests

Flowers in memory of victims of the Hillsborough football disaster (Pic: Edmund Gall/flickr)

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Fresh inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool football fans who died as a result of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster began on 31 March 2014.

Here is all of Socialist Worker's coverage of the inquests to date.

5 April 2014 - Hillsborough inquests begin

12 April 2014 - Jury in Hillsborough inquests asked if lives of 96 could have been saved

19 April 2014 - Hillsborough - never forgotten

3 May 2014 - Hillsborough slurs 'from Whitehall'

10 May 2014 - Hillsborough inquest adjourns

31 May 2014 - Official quizzed over vile slurs

14 June 2014 - Inquest hears Hillsborough capacity was miscalculated

21 June 2014 - Inquest is told of flaws at Hillsborough ground

28 June 2014 - Hillsborough inquests hear of safety fears

5 July 2014 - Stadium had past problems

12 July 2014 - Hillsborough inquests hear police tactics

2 August 2014 - Hillsborough cop recalls attitudes towards fans based on 'public order'

9 August 2014 - Cop in Hillsborough control room changed his statement

30 August 2014 - Hillsborough fans 'not disorderly'

6 September 2014 - Hillsborough cop says fans 'weren't aggressive to me or other people'

4 September 2014 - Police told Hillsborough survivor to 'get back in you f****** Scouse b******'

20 September 2014 - 'Primary blame' for Hillsborough disaster lies with cops, says former police sergeant

27 September 2014 - Hillsborough cop says deadly crush was avoidable

4 October 2014 - 'More Hillsborough fans could have survived with better medical care'

11 October 2014 - Hillsborough - top cop says claim fans forced gate a 'wicked lie'

18 October 2014 - Hillsborough - police lied about Liverpool fans stealing

25 October 2014 - Hillsborough inquests hear how cops 'diverted blame onto victims'

1 November 2014 - Cop sorry for 'misleading the court'

15 November 2014 - CCTV footage 'disappeared' after the Hillsborough football disaster

22 November 2014 - Hillsborough cop denies policing was 'shambles'

29 November 2014 - Hillsborough cop agrees that police 'did nothing to stop crush'

6 December 2014 - Police solicitor asked Hillsborough cops to 'review evidence' inquests hear

13 December 2014 - 'More could have lived' at Hillsborough

20 December 2014 - Hillsborough boy was alive among dead, inquests hear

17 January 2015 - Some Hillsborough victims went to temporary mortuary due to lack of resources

7 February 2015 - Police pushed fans back into deadly crush during Hillsborough disaster, inquest hears

21 February 2015 - Cops blamed 'drunken' fans for Hillsborough football disaster

28 February 2015 - More lies from cops, Hillsborough inquests hear

7 March 2015 - Police information on Hillsborough fans was 'false', inquests hear

14 March 2015 - Hillsborough inquests hear of police plan to blame Liverpool fans for disaster

10 March 2015 - Top Hillsborough cop admits failings

14 March 2015 - Hillsborough: top cop in charge admits 'far reaching deceit' but QC asks if he was coached for inquests

17 March 2015 - Inquests hear cop Duckenfield accept his 'serious failures' resulted in Hillsborough disaster

18 March 2015 - Hillsborough police chief gives final evidence to inquest

28 March 2015 – Hillsborough police failings 'direct cause of fans' deaths'

4 April 2015 - Police lawyers would 'sort out' Hillsborough statements

11 April 2015 - Cops searched for evidence to blame fans for deadly crush

25 April 2015 - Hillsborough cop admits evidence was 'amended'

2 May 2015 - Inquest hears 'clear evidence' that cops tried to smear fans

9 May 2015 - Top cop 'tried to concoct a story of drunken fans'

16 May 2015 - Cops knew they had no grounds for 'conspiracy theory' that blamed fans

16 May 2015 - Hillsborough inquests hear about dead fan's last movements

23 May 2015 - Friend of ten year old Hillsborough victim says police 'lost control of the turnstiles'

30 May 2015 - 'I felt a pulse' says police officer at Hillsborough inquests

6 June 2015 - Hillsborough inquest hears of attempts to resuscitate Adam Spearritt

13 June 2015 - Hillsborough victim's 'eyes moved' after crush

20 June 2015 - Hillsborough inquest told cop turned away

4 July 2015 - Witnesses talk of 'small changes' in survivors' life signs amid 'utter bedlam' of Hillsborough disaster

11 July 2015 - Hillsborough inquests told victim appeared alive

25 July 2015 - Hillsborough inquests - could victims put in a mortuary have been saved?

1 August 2015 - Hillsborough cop: 'I was one of the officers who pushed people back into the pen'

8 August 2015 - Cop on Hillsborough pitch was 'unhelpful', inquest hears

1 September 2015 - Hillsborough inquests open

8 September 2015 - Hillsborough cop says he didn't cover victim wth bin bag

22 September 2015 - Hillsborough victims showed signs of life, inquests hear

29 September 2015 - Hillsborough inquests hear fans' evidence that crush victim showed signs of life

6 October 2015 - Hillsborough - 'Inspector put words in my mouth' says ex-cop

6 October 2015 - Hillsborough - more evidence heard about altered police statements

13 October 2015 - Hillsborough cop says inaccuracy in statement was not 'deliberate'

20 October 2015 - Hillsborough cop tells inquests his account of disaster was changed

27 October 2015 - 'No pathological basis' for exclusion of evidence at original Hillsborough inquest, say medical experts

10 November 2015 - Government to hand £5 million to South Yorkshire Police for Hillsborough legal costs

17 November 2015 - Hillsborough victim was alive after match was stopped, inquest hears

24 November 2015 - Hillsborough victims could have been saved, inquests hear

1 December 2015 - Hillsborough inquests hear that better treatment may have helped some victims survive

15 December 2015 - Hillsborough inquests hear of signs of life

7 January 2016 - Court told of signs of life among victims as Hillsborough inquests finish hearing evidence

19 January 2016 - Hillsborough probe resumes

9 February 2016 - Hillsborough inquest jury told to resolve conflicting evidence of fans' behaviour

16 February 2016 - Hillsborough coroner sums up cops' evidence to inquests

1 March 2016 - Police chief at Hillsborough made 'serious mistake,' court is told

8 March 2016 - Hillsborough match commander admits he made mistake during day of disaster

15 March 2016 - Did the Hillsborough match commander make serious mistakes?

22 March 2016 - Hillsborough police officers lacked direction, hears inquests

5 April 2016 - Hillsborough cops amended statements 'significantly'

6 April 2016 - Jury retires to consider its decisions in the Hillsborough inquests