Richard Madeley takes break to 'compose himself' after emotional Hillsborough interview

Richard Madeley said he needed to 'compose himself' during the break after an emotional interview with family members of those who lost their lives in the Hillsborough disaster on Good Morning Britain.

The Hillsborough Law - which will force public officials to tell the truth during investigations into major disasters - is set to be introduced to Parliament today. It comes after a decades-long fight by the families of the 97 Liverpool fans who died in a fatal crush at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest at the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield.

Grieving relatives spent years battling for justice for their loved ones after police falsely blamed Liverpool supporters for the disaster.

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Fresh out of their meeting with Keir Starmer, Margret Aspinall, who lost her 18 year old son James, and Charlotte Hennessey who lost her father Jimmy when she was just six years old spoke to Richard and Susanna live from outside Downing Street.

"I can barely imagine what you must be feeling," Richard said. "This has been coming for such a long time, but finally the day is here. You've done it! How do you feel?"

Margret said: "We've had to campaign for so many years. Raising funds for our loved ones to go through all the courts. No family should have to do that. We should never have had to fight. Today is a day of celebration, because we have done things that are monumental. It's history."

Although Margret said there was more to do, she said today should be a day of celebration.

Charlotte, who lost her father at age six, said they had felt like giving up at points, as the process hasn't been easy. "We have persisted, we've stuck by our morals and have made it very clear that we would only commit and endorse a Hillsborough Law in its entirety."

She continued: "Today is a testament. It almost acknowledges that the lies told by the then 1989 Superintendent [David Duckenfield] his officers, and all of those that were party to the coverup, those lies were so despicable, that we fought to change the law.

"And I feel really empowered by that we have been able to make a significant change for the good people of this country and nobody ever has to go what we've been through."

Margret continued: "We never thought we'd get this far. We really didn't. There were times we all wanted to walk away from this but we knew we had to change it for the good of the people, the good of the nation. And we are proud of what we achieved so far."

After the interview, Richard said that it was "marvellous" to see the difference they had made.

"We'll just take two or three minutes to compose ourselves, and then we will be back talking about this further and some of the other stories," he said before the break.

Prior to the break, Richard and Susanna spoke to Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire who said: "They should not have had to go through what they have. I felt inspired and teary. It's fantastic victory."

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