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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15336962

For 22 years the deaths of 96 fans at Sheffield's Hillsborough stadium have never been allowed to be out of the news.

First there was the judicial inquiry into the Hillsborough disaster which resulted in the Taylor Report in 1990 which blamed poor policing and recommended all-seater stadiums.

The Director of Public Prosecutions ruled there was insufficient evidence to bring charges.

In 1996 an ITV dramatised documentary raised questions on whether the police told the whole truth to Lord Justice Taylor and the inquests.

Lord Justice Stuart-Smith reviewed the new evidence and reported back to the then Home Secretary Jack Straw that police statements had been edited, but it was an "error of judgement" adding nothing to the understanding of the disaster.

In 1998 an unsuccessful private manslaughter prosecution was brought against two senior police officers by the Hillsborough Family Support Group.

Two years ago an independent panel was appointed to take another look at the tragedy.

A BBC attempt to see the papers under the Freedom of Information Act was resisted by the government.

The present government appears to have taken account of the e-petition.

It has already said it will release all the papers to the independent panel which was appointed two years ago by the previous Labour government which is already looking into the tragedy.

The Cabinet papers will be released through the panel which hopes to report next spring.

So political history is made as 'fan power' nudges the politicians towards addressing the 22-year-old questions on exactly what happened at Hillsborough.