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The Sun newspaper sparks outrage on Merseyside about the Hillsborough Disaster with an article entitled "The Truth", supported by South Yorkshire police and locally based news agencies, which claims that spectators robbed and injured dead spectators, and attacked police officers when they were helping the injured and dying.
The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper. [3] Founded in 1903, it is owned by parent company Reach plc.From 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its masthead was simply The Mirror.
The Times features news for the first half of the paper; the Opinion/Comment section begins after the first news section, with world news normally following this. The Register, which contains obituaries, a Court & Social section, and related material, follows the business pages on the centre spread. The sports section is at the end of the main ...
On Saturdays, the Daily Echo produced the Sports Pink until 2017. [5] This was used for the reporting of sport stories regularly involving local sports team Southampton Football Club. This was one of only two surviving 'local football papers' which used to be common throughout the UK. It ceased circulation towards the end of 2017 after 119 ...
The Daily Record was first published in 1895 in Glasgow as a sister title to the North British Daily Mail.. The Mail – which was not linked to the London-based newspaper of the same name – was the first daily newspaper to be published in Glasgow when launched in 1847.
16 October – Craig Phillips, British reality show star, winner of Big Brother UK in 2000; 21 October – Jade Jagger, jewellery designer; 29 October – Lee Mason, football referee; 30 October – John Alford, British actor and singer; 3 November – Alison Williamson, archer [48] 8 November – Michael Jeffrey, English footballer
4 July – Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd: Scottish Socialist Party MSP Tommy Sheridan begins an action for defamation against the News of the World at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. [14] Sheridan's case is upheld but he is later prosecuted for perjury.
2 February – Hugh McIlvanney, sports journalist (died 2019) 6 February – Roger Becker, tennis player (died 2017) 11 February – John Surtees, racing driver and motorcyclist (died 2017) 12 February – Anthony Howard, journalist (ded 2010) 17 February – Alan Bates, actor (died 2003) 19 February – David Jones, film director (died 2008)