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The lessons of Hillsborough

30/04/2016 GMT

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It took 27 years, but we got there in the end. The cover-up was finally uncovered.

Within minutes of people starting to die at Hillsborough, a campaign of lies and dissimulation began. It's taken 27 years and millions of pounds to expose it once and for all. Peter Marshall - who was at the ground on the fateful day when 96 Liverpool supporters lost their lives - on what Hillsborough has to teach us.  Also in this programme/podcast: the words may be friendly in South Sudan, but the feelings certainly aren't; protests intensify against the government of Venezuela while electricity and the economy disappear; and why IS may have made a big mistake in setting itself up as a state.
Photo: St George's Hall in Liverpool after a vigil in memory of the 96 people who died as a result of Hillsborough.
Credit: Reuters

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