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News,02 Mar 2023,7 mins

Do public inquiries change anything?

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The Manchester Arena Inquiry has published its third and final report into the deaths of the 22 victims of the 2017 attack. Its found that the security service MI5 missed significant opportunities to stop it from happening. The BBC's North Of England Correspondent, Judith Moritz, has spent many years covering the Manchester Arena Bombing. But she's also spent significant time covering another disaster - Hillsborough - and the campaigns of those families as well. For 5 Minutes On, Judith looks at the many parallels between them, whether history is repeating itself, and if so, whether inquiries after disasters always help? Image Credit: Getty

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