15 April 1989 Ninety-six people die and hundreds are injured when Liverpool play Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semi-final at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough ground.
May to August 1989 A public inquiry is held into the events at Hillsborough and an official report published by Lord Justice Taylor.
1990-91 The first inquest heard by a coroner, Dr Stefan Popper, local to Sheffield where the disaster happened, returns a verdict of accidental death.
December 2009 The home secretary, Alan Johnson, announces the formation of a Hillsborough independent panel to oversee full public disclosure of all relevant information relating to the disaster.
12 September 2012 The panel publishes its report on Hillsborough. Following publication, the home secretary, Theresa May, orders a new criminal inquiry and Operation Resolve is launched to investigate how the disaster happened. The Independent Police Complaints Commission also launches an investigation.
19 December 2012 The lord chief justice, Igor Judge, quashes Popper’s original inquest after a long campaign by the bereaved families.
31 March 2014 A jury is selected for the new inquests, held in a converted courtroom in Birchwood, Warrington.
25 January 2016 After 267 days of evidence, the new inquests reach the summing up by the coroner, Sir John Goldring. It is the longest case heard by a jury in British legal history.
The jury has heard that the South Yorkshire police officer in command, Ch Supt David Duckenfield, had no previous experience in charge of policing at Hillsborough.
Goldring told the jury they will answer questions in 14 sections about how the deaths were caused, including a possible verdict of unlawful killing based on whether Duckenfield’s acts or omissions amounted to gross negligence manslaughter.