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Hillsborough

American  
[hilz-bur-oh, -buhr-oh] / ˈhɪlzˌbɜr oʊ, -ˌbʌr oʊ /

noun

  1. a town in W California.


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Hennessy met Starmer in Downing Street alongside other campaigners, including Margaret Aspinall, who lost her 18-year-old son James at Hillsborough, to discuss the legislation.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

The BBC understands representatives from the Hillsborough Law campaign's legal team will be in parliament next week in an attempt to unblock the legal log jam and galvanise support.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Liverpool West Derby MP Ian Byrne was at Hillsborough in 1989 and has been in close, regular touch with bereaved families.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

A "hollow" apology from police for denying that victims of the Hillsborough disaster had endured "pain and suffering" has been condemned by families and politicians.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

I saw few or no dilapidated houses, with poverty-stricken inmates; no half-naked children and barefooted women, such as I had been accustomed to see in Hillsborough, Easton, St. Michael’s, and Baltimore.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass