Paul Rouse: Abject failures of Hillsborough inflicted pain that can never be erased

The Hillsborough disaster archive will show the layers of official disdain for the lives of ordinary people from the north of England.

Floral tributes and Liverpool scarves lay in tribute next to the Leppings Lane entrance of Hillsborough Stadium. Pic: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

What a catalogue of shame and pain.

In the coming months, all the material collected over decades of police investigations into the Hillsborough disaster will be transferred for permanent preservation to The National Archives at Kew in London.