The Star: A Special Hillsborough Inquests edition, on sale Wednesday April 27

It has been a long time coming, but after two years, the verdicts have finally been issued in the Hillsborough inquests.
By The Newsroom
Published 26th Apr 2016, 19:33 BST
Updated 26th Apr 2016, 20:58 BST
The Hillsborough inquests have been taking place since last year and are due to end in 2016.The Hillsborough inquests have been taking place since last year and are due to end in 2016.
The Hillsborough inquests have been taking place since last year and are due to end in 2016.

On Wednesday, April 27, The Star has 23 pages of coverage on the Hillsborough Disaster, looking at both the outcome of the inquests and reaction and the day itself.

THE TRUTH THIS TIME: A special 16-page supplement, will be free inside every copy of The Star on Wednesday.

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Written by sports editor Bob Westerdale, who was the crime reporter at The Star who covered the disaster in 1989, it looks at the disaster from the perspective of the police involved, the fans, and the press at the time.

Inside the main edition, The Star has seven pages on the reaction to the inquests, including news of the criminal investigations into the disaster, and words from South Yorkshire Police and Sheffield Wednesday FC.

Here is the verdict as it came in: Hillsborough victims unlawfully killed, jury rules

Related topics:HillsboroughSouth Yorkshire Police