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4th - February - 2014
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Tributes are being paid to the late Liverpool Football Club centre forward Tony Hateley, who has died at the age of 72
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Hillsborough campaigners say latest revelations are no surprise by Jack Birch
It took the dedicated Peter Rogers a whole six months to construct his LEGO® model
Picture: Nadine Higham
Ang-Lego Cathedral Many people look for a project to keep them busy after they retire, and for Peter Rogers from Liverpool, it was a real labour of LEGO® love because he decided to build a scale model of the Anglican Cathedral out of the popular plastic bricks. Peter started to make the model last year. It took him a total of six months to build and only he knows how many bricks are used in the final construction, which is now on display inside the real thing. The Cathedral is running a
competition for children to come and guess how many bricks it has taken to complete the stunning piece of miniature architecture. The prize will be a day-trip to Legoland in Windsor. The two-and-a-half-metre long structure will be on display throughout the year and may be followed with a life-sized LEGO® red telephone box, both designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. On Screen: The LEGO® Movie opens. Page 8
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Hillsborough campaigners have hit out at the independent police inquiry set up in the aftermath of the disaster. A report on last night’s BBC Newsnight programme revealed criticisms by witnesses at the scene about West Midlands Police, who conducted the initial investigation in 1989. Survivors from the disaster claimed they were intimidated by officers from the West Midlands police force and were told they could face prosecution for wasting police time when they told of control problems at the ground. Sheila Coleman, spokesperson for the Hillsborough Justice Campaign (HJC), said that it came as no surprise to those who have fought for justice for almost 25 years. She said: “For those of us involved, it is not news. It’s what we’ve known from the beginning from speaking to the survivors. The only change is that it’s now in the public domain.” The Hillsborough Independent
Panel reported 18 months ago that 164 accounts from South Yorkshire Police, who were in charge of crowd control at Sheffield Wednesday’s ground, had been altered in an apparent attempt to shift the blame for the disaster from the police on to fans. Since then that number has increased as part of the probe by police watchdog the IPCC. Ms Coleman explained that members of the HJC believe that the latest revelations of police intimidation are evidence of an overall cover up by both the South Yorkshire Police and West Midlands Police forces. She said: “It is obvious that it was a clearly defined strategic plan to stage a cover up and to continue the cover-up started by South Yorkshire Police. “They attempted to demonise the survivors of the disaster. These people were rescuers and were actually quite heroic in helping others even though a lot of them were injured themselves.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 3