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  2. Hillsborough disaster - Wikipedia

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    The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal crowd crush at a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989. It occurred during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in the two standing-only central pens within the Leppings Lane stand allocated to Liverpool supporters.

  3. Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Fast Facts - AOL

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    Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the Hillsborough Disaster, a 1989 tragedy at a British soccer stadium. Overcrowding in the stands led to the deaths of 96 fans.

  4. Hillsborough officer invited by accused lawyer to ‘review ...

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    Two former police officers and a solicitor are accused of amending statements about the day of the disaster at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final. Hillsborough officer invited by accused lawyer to ...

  5. Crowd collapses and crushes - Wikipedia

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    245 people died in the Lyon bridge disaster of 1711, when a large crowd returning from a festival on one side of the bridge found their way blocked by a collision between a carriage and a cart, and became trapped. Crowd collapses and crowd crushes are catastrophic incidents that can occur when a body of people becomes dangerously overcrowded.

  6. Hillsborough review criticises delays faced by families - AOL

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    Review looks at how Hillsborough and Manchester Arena bombing families were communicated with.

  7. Coverage of the Hillsborough disaster by The Sun - Wikipedia

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    The front page of The Sun on 19 April 1989 carried falsehoods about fan behaviour during the Hillsborough disaster. Coverage of the Hillsborough disaster by the British tabloid The Sun led to the newspaper's decline in Liverpool and the broader Merseyside region, with organised boycotts against it. The disaster occurred at a football match ...

  8. List of fatal crowd crushes - Wikipedia

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    Hillsborough disaster: United Kingdom: Sheffield: 97 people died and 766 were injured at Hillsborough Stadium during an FA Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. The intensity of the crush broke the barriers on the terraces, while those trapped were packed so tightly in the pens that many victims died of compressive asphyxia while ...

  9. Minute’s silence held to mark 35 years since Hillsborough ...

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    Flags were flown at half mast on civic buildings and football club sites throughout the day.