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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

Intense engagement between ministers, officials and Hillsborough and Manchester families failed to produce a mutually agreed position on the amendment and the legislation was paused.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

The Hillsborough Law - which the government intended to pass a year ago - will be further delayed, the BBC understands.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

She said the findings of the 2012 Hillsborough Independent Panel and the fresh inquests were "unequivocal".

From BBC • Feb. 7, 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