Hillsborough family members speaking at a press conference in Liverpool on Tuesday (Image: PA)

The Police Federation has apologised for its response to this week's report into the shocking policing failures during and after the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.

The ECHO reported extensively on the details of Tuesday's report from the Independent Office for Police Conduct which found South Yorkshire Police fundamentally failed in its duties on the day of the disaster on April 15 1989 and senior officers then tried to blame Reds fans for the tragedy.

The report found 12 former senior officers - including match commander on the day David Duckenfield and Norman Bettison, who went on to become Merseyside Police's chief constable - would have had gross misconduct cases to answer if they we

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