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| Hillsborough panel members meet | Hillsborough panel members meet |
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| A group set up to study secret documents relating to the Hillsborough tragedy is meeting for the first time. | A group set up to study secret documents relating to the Hillsborough tragedy is meeting for the first time. |
| The Hillsborough Independent Panel is being headed by the Bishop of Liverpool the Right Rev James Jones. | The Hillsborough Independent Panel is being headed by the Bishop of Liverpool the Right Rev James Jones. |
| It will oversee public disclosure of the documents after first letting the victims' families know their content. | |
| Ninety-six fans were crushed to death at the Sheffield stadium on 15 April 1989 during Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final tie with Nottingham Forest. | Ninety-six fans were crushed to death at the Sheffield stadium on 15 April 1989 during Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final tie with Nottingham Forest. |
| Hillsborough files panel Christine Gifford - Public information expertKaty Jones - TV producer and researcherPaul Leighton - Former Deputy Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern IrelandDr Bill Kirkup - Former Associate Medical Director at the Department of HealthSarah Tyacke - ArchivistProfessor Phil Scraton - Academic criminologistPeter Sissons - Broadcaster | |
| The seven other panel members include Paul Leighton, former deputy chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and broadcaster Peter Sissons. | The seven other panel members include Paul Leighton, former deputy chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and broadcaster Peter Sissons. |
| The panel will spend two years reading thousands of documents detailing the events which led to the disaster. | |
| They have been held by South Yorkshire Police for the past 20 years. | |
| They contain evidence from the ambulance service, the police, the fire service, coroner and Sheffield City Council. | |
| The documents in their entirety have not been read by anyone outside the police force before. | |
| The government promised in July last year to release documents relating to the events of the day. | |
| The Hillsborough families have been consulted throughout the process of establishing the panel, which is meeting in Liverpool. | The Hillsborough families have been consulted throughout the process of establishing the panel, which is meeting in Liverpool. |
| Hillsborough Family Support Group chair Margaret Aspinall said: "We welcome the panel, which has the confidence of all interested parties and is felt capable of executing this very important task." | Hillsborough Family Support Group chair Margaret Aspinall said: "We welcome the panel, which has the confidence of all interested parties and is felt capable of executing this very important task." |