South Yorkshire - ITV News

2:42 pm, Wed 17 Apr 2013 Britain reflects on Thatcher Calendar

Effigy of Margaret Thatcher burns in South Yorkshire

People in Goldthorpe are burning an effigy of Margaret Thatcher

9:58 am, Mon 01 Apr 2013 Benefit critics 'talk rubbish'

IDS: 'This is about fairness in the system'

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said that housing benefit changes that have been introduced today are about "fairness".

In response to criticisms of the so-called 'bedroom tax', he said: "The reality is this is about getting our housing benefit back into order".

"This is about fairness. It's about fairness to those who pay vast sums of money in taxation to see that people living in subsidised accommodation who often don't use the bedrooms they've got, while others in overcrowded accommodation.... they can't get the accommodation they need.

"This is a nonsense problem that was created by the last government who didn't build enough housing and didn't manage the housing stock properly".

Read: What is the 'bedroom tax'

Welfare system overhaul begins with 'bedroom tax'

New rules on housing benefit come into effect today as the Government begins the biggest shake-up in the history of the welfare system.

Daybreak's Sue Jameson reports:

11:03 am, Thu 28 Mar 2013 Bettison has 'case to answer'

Campaigner: Bettison should be 'stripped of his honours'

The chair of the Hillsborough Family Support Group has reacted to the IPCC's finding that former West Yorkshire police chief Sir Norman Bettison "has a case to answer" for his actions in the wake of the Hillsborough report.

Margaret Aspinall, who lost her 18-year-old son, James, in the disaster, said it was "another step on the road to justice" for the 96 victims.

"In the IPCC's own words, this was gross misconduct and, in my mind, that is a very serious offence and the fact that he resigned should not mean that this report is the end of it"

Margaret Aspinall, chair of the Hillsborough Family Support Group Credit: Press Association

"We want to see him stripped of his honours - his knighthood and his Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University.

"I believe he resigned to protect his pension and his behaviour has shown he is not deserving of that pension."

10:06 am, Thu 28 Mar 2013 Bettison has 'case to answer' Calendar

Statement from West Yorkshire Police Federation

The chairman of the West Yorkshire Police Federation, Jon Christopher, told Calendar:

"Clearly Sir Norman is no longer a serving officer. It is now open to the public debate to see what, if anything, can be done against him if that's the will of the public."

10:07 am, Thu 28 Mar 2013 Bettison has 'case to answer' Calendar

Bettison: Conduct 'fell so short' of what expected

IPCC Deputy Chair Deborah Glass Credit: PA

"It was the IPCC's view at the start of the investigation, as it was the view of his Police Authority, that Sir Norman's actions, if proven, fell so far short of what is expected of a Chief Constable that dismissal would be justified.

"The evidence uncovered during the investigation supports that view".

Apology over Hillsborough email

It's been revealed the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police has been forced to apologise for an internal email discussing the way the force should deal with the most recent Hillsborough inquiry.

South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Shaun Wright said he was disappointed in the language used in the email which was sent in September last year - before the Hillsborough panel's report was published.

In it, David Crompton is quoted as saying parts of the Hillsborough campaigners' version of events had 'become the truth, even though it isn't'. Mr Crompton said tonight he was sorry if his words caused any offence.