Queen backs Grand National Hillsborough tribute

The Queen is backing a campaign for Grand National visitors to wear red carnations in honour of the people who died in the Hillsborough disaster.

The Aintree Festival starts today and is expected to attract more than a hundred and fifty- thousand people.

The carnation tribute to Hillsborough victims is the idea of Dave Hughes from Merseyside who says he's overwhelmed by the response. Dave, a lollipop man from Maghull, launched it less than a month ago in the hope that everyone heading to the three-day festival would wear a buttonhole in memory of those who died in the tragedy.