A coroner has ruled that inquests into the deaths of those killed in the Birmingham pub bombings can be reopened.
Two bombs exploded in pubs in the city on November 21, 1974, killing 21 people and injuring 182 others.
A campaigner who had called on the inquests into the deaths of the Birmingham pub bombing victims to be resumed has hailed a "momentous day".
Julie Hambleton lost her sister Maxine in the 1974 attack, and went on to found the Justice4the21 campaign group with her brother Brian.
Speaking before the hearing today, she said all the families wanted was "the truth".
Coroner Louise Hunt later ruled the inquests should be resumed.
A coroner has ruled that inquests into the Birmingham pub bombings can be reopened after receiving "significant" new information.
"How dare he make such horrendous statements over the airwaves."
A decision is expected today on whether to open new inquests into the deaths of the 21 victims of the Birmingham pub bombings.