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Hillsborough memorial service all ticket affair

The 21st anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy will be remembered at Anfield on Thursday. Liverpool have decided it will be an all-ticket 10,000-seat event for safety reasons as about 30,000 people attended last year's event.

The annual service, which remembers the 96 fans killed in the disaster, starts at 2.45pm. No tickets will be available on the day.

Liverpool stadium and operations manager Ged Poynton said: "We want everyone who wishes to attend the service to be able to do so but in the safest possible environment."

Hillsborough Family Support Group chair Margaret Aspinall added: "Safety is our absolute priority at the memorial service and we fully support the new arrangements."

Former Liverpool striker John Aldridge and Inspector Bernie Swift from Merseyside Police will deliver the readings.

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