Hillsborough inquiry to open as soon as possible, says new coroner

A coroner was today appointed to the fresh inquest into the deaths of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster, and pledged to open the inquiry as soon as possible.

A new inquest into the deaths of the Liverpool supporters at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough stadium on April 15 1989 was ordered after the original verdicts were quashed by the High Court in December.