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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Matthew Cooper

Campaigners renew plea for public inquiry 50 years after Birmingham pub bombings

The outside of the Mulberry Bush pub after the bombing (PA) - (PA Archive)

Relatives of people killed in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings have renewed calls for a public inquiry “as a matter of urgency”, as they prepare to mark the 50th anniversary of the IRA atrocities.

Julie and Brian Hambleton, whose 18-year-old sister Maxine Hambleton died in the twin blasts, believe an inquiry could disclose new evidence capable of leading to a new investigation into the bombings.

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