Scores of police officers including a serving chief constable are being investigated over the Hillsborough disaster in what will be the biggest ever inquiry into police action, it has emerged.

The police watchdog will announce tomorrow what action it plans to take over allegations made in a damning report on the Hillsborough disaster.

The families of Hillsborough victims have welcomed the retirement of a top police officer who criticised Liverpool fans after the inquiry into tragedy.

A chief constable has told former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie that he will not be getting an apology relating to the infamous “The Truth” story published in the wake of the Hillsborough disaster.

Hillsborough families have reacted with anger after it emerged former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie has told solicitors to demand an “apology and recompense” from South Yorkshire Police.

Hillsborough families have reacted with anger after it emerged that former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie has instructed solicitors to demand an “apology and recompense” from South Yorkshire Police.

Hillsborough campaigner Margaret Aspinall has called for lifetime bans to be handed out to anyone making offensive gestures or singing insulting chants about deaths in football tragedies.

Lawyers acting on behalf of families of those killed in the Hillsborough disaster will today write to the Attorney General demanding that new inquests be held in Liverpool.

Families of 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough disaster met for the first time yesterday since an independent panel revealed a shocking cover-up which aimed to shift the blame for the tragedy from the police on to the victims.

Families of Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough disaster are meeting for the first time today since an independent panel revealed a shocking cover-up which attempted to shift the blame for the tragedy from the police on to the victims.

Pressure was growing today for criminal prosecutions to be brought against police officers involved in the Hillsborough disaster.

A new inquest must be held into the Hillsborough disaster, according to supporters of the victims' families.

The 96 victims of the Hillsborough tragedy can finally rest in peace after an independent report said Liverpool fans were not to blame, campaigners said

Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie who wrote the headline The Truth has offered his “profuse apologies to the people of Liverpool for that headline”.

Sheffield Wednesday today offered an apology to the families who lost their loved ones in the Hillsborough disaster and welcomed the release of thousands of official documents relating to the tragedy.

The families of 96 Liverpool supporters killed in the Hillsborough tragedy will see thousands of official documents relating to the disaster for the first time.

Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was told that a senior Merseyside police officer blamed “drunken Liverpool fans” for the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster, according to leaked government papers.

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was told that a senior Merseyside Police officer blamed "drunken Liverpool fans" for the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster, according to leaked government papers.

UK Home Secretary Theresa May tonight insisted the Government was committed to disclosing the full facts surrounding the 1989 Hillsborough stadium football disaster.

THOUSANDS of Liverpool fans gathered in Anfield to remember the 96 people who died in Hillsborough some 21 years ago.

MILLWALL and Liverpool fans have blamed each other for the violence which marred the Carling Cup third-round tie at The New Den.

Millwall and Liverpool fans have blamed each other for the violence which marred the Carling Cup third-round tie at The New Den.