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Jury finds 96 unlawfully killed at Hillsborough disaster

The inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans has found they were unlawfully killed at the Hillsborough disaster.

The jury also found the Liverpool fans were not to blame.

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Orgreave files due to be released by Home Office

Miners and police were involved in violent clashes at Orgreave in 1984. Credit: PA

Goverment documents relating to events at the so-called Battle of Orgreave are due to be released next year among other records relating to the 1984 miners' strike, it has emerged.

The government's rejected calls, supported by the Hillsborough families, for an independent inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave during the miners' strike.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd told the Home Affairs Select Committee the documents would be among 30 files planned to be released to the National Archives.

Miners and police were involved in violent clashes at Orgreave in 1984. Credit: PA

There were violent clashes in the summer of 1984 between miners and officers from South Yorkshire Police - the same force which was criticised for its role at the Hillsborough disaster five years later.

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