By Jenny Coleman
BBC News
Liverpool has observed a minute's silent to mark the 35th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.
The silence was held across the city at 15:06 BST, the precise time the FA cup semi-final football match was halted in 1989.
A bell at the town hall tolled 97 times, in tribute to each of the men, women and children who died in the stadium crush.
Flags are also being flown at half mast from civic buildings.
Among those paying their respects, Liverpool FC players, staff and officials laid wreaths at the Hillsborough memorial at Anfield stadium.