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.
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall faces party conference in Bolton
UKIP Leader Paul Nuttall will face his party for the first time today since the revelations of false claims made about Hillsborough.
The party faithful will be in Bolton as the UKP Party Conference gets underway.
Mr Nuttall came under fire after he was forced to apologise about false claims that he lost close personal friends in the disaster.
They were posted on his website, though UKIP press officer Lynda Roughley has said she was "entirely responsible" for the website post and had offered her resignation.
Mr. Nuttall is just days away from contesting a Parliamentary by-election in Stoke-on-Trent,
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