Liverpool to fall silent to remember Hillsborough victims on 33rd anniversary

Liverpool will fall silent to remember the 97 victims of the Hillsborough disaster on its 33rd anniversary.

The city will pause for a minute’s silence on Friday at 3.06pm, the time the FA Cup semi-final was officially stopped on April 15th, 1989.

This is the first anniversary when tributes will be paid to 97 victims after Andrew Devine, 55, died in July last year – more than 32 years after he was badly hurt in the crush at the match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.

It comes as calls for a Hillsborough Law continue to be made.

⚖️ HILLSBOROUGH LAW ⚖️"The scales of justice are weighed against ordinary families..."Steve and @AndyBurnhamGM have written to every MP asking them to:1⃣ Support the principle of a Hillsborough Law2⃣ Support its inclusion in the forthcoming Queen's Speech pic.twitter.com/BYjeTgju5z

— Mayor Steve Rotheram (@LCRMayor) April 14, 2022

Mayor of Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham wrote to all 650 MPs on Thursday urging them to back the law, which would introduce a statutory duty of candour on public servants during all forms of public inquiry and criminal investigation.

The letter said: “Ninety-seven innocent men, women, and children were unlawfully killed during an FA Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on April 15 1989.

“And yet, after more than three decades of victim-blaming and lies, nobody has been held accountable for the unlawful killing of so many.

“However, Hillsborough is NOT an exception to the norm.”

The mayors said the relatives of servicemen exposed to British nuclear tests, those affected by the contaminated blood scandal, the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire and the 22 people killed in the Manchester Arena terror