The Hillsborough Independent Panel's report, which was published a year ago today, revealed that a major cover-up had taken place in an effort by police and others to avoid the blame for what happened when officers allowed fans to flood into overcrowded terraces at an FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's football ground.
Within weeks of the report the inquest verdicts of "accidental death" were quashed and the biggest investigation in the history of the IPCC was under way, along with a parallel criminal investigation – Operation Resolve – led by a former Durham Chief Constable, Jon Stoddart.
Investigators claim that new lines of inquiry are being pursued, but there has been little concrete progress and new inquests will not begin until next March at the earliest.
Hillsborough families hit out at the delays at a press conference held in Liverpool today, with relatives "gravely concerned by the lack of real progress", according to Sheila Coleman, from the Hillsborough Justice Campaign (HJC).
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