Ukip politician admits claims close personal friends died at Hillsborough are false

He said he did not know who had written the claims, which appeared on his website in 2011.

Ukip leader Paul Nuttall has admitted claims he lost close personal friends in the Hillsborough disaster are false.

Speaking to Liverpool radio station Radio City Talk on Tuesday, he was asked about claims on his website that he had lost "close personal friends" in the 1989 disaster.