UK stadium tragedy News

UK Promises Major Inquiry on 1989 Stadium Disaster

A U.K. watchdog has launched its biggest-ever investigation into police actions, opening a new inquiry Friday into the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster that left 96 fans dead and whole communities angry over a decades-long police cover-up. The Independent Police Complaints …

Secret Papers Released in 1989 UK Stadium Tragedy

British police tried to blame soccer fans to cover up mistakes that contributed to the deaths of 96 supporters who were crushed at a stadium in 1989, according to secret documents released Wednesday following a lengthy campaign by families of …