Ukip leader 'appalled' at false Hillsborough claim on his website
Ukip leader Paul Nuttall has said he is "appalled and very sorry" at a false claim on his personal website that he lost close personal friends in the Hillsborough disaster.
Watch: Ukip's Paul Nuttall is under increasing pressure over Hillsborough 'lies'
There is growing pressure on the UKIP party leader Paul Nuttall after it was revealed claims he made about losing a close friend at Hillsborough were false.
Mr Nuttall has apologised, and said he hadn't read the claims on his website.
Meanwhile, UKIP's financial backer, the businessman Arron Banks, has been tweeting about it claiming the families have been milking the disaster and he describes it as an accident.
Our correspondent Elaine Willcox has tonight's top story.
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Fararge defends Banks after Hillsborough comments
Nigel Farage has described multi-millionaire Ukip backer Arron Banks as a "good friend" despite his Hillsborough gaffe comments.
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Nuttall's website offline after false Hillsborough claim
Paul Nuttall's website has been taken offline days after criticism for posts which wrongly claimed he lost close friends at Hillsborough
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Nuttall aide keeps job after false Hillsborough claim
Paul Nuttall has kept on a colleague who took the blame for a false claim he lost "close personal friends" in the Hillsborough disaster.