Source: Telegraph
Hillsborough anniversary: Culture Secretary booed by crowd
Sections of the crowd chanted and booed when he mentioned the Government's response to the tragedy.
Many in Merseyside are still angry that no one has been held responsible for the deaths of 96 Liverpool supporters died in the crush at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium on April 15, 1989.
Mr Burnham later received an apology for the response he received from some.
The Kop and the Centenary stands at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium were opened early for the official memorial service, which is due to begin at 2.45pm.
As numbers grew, part of the main stand was also opened to the public.
At 3.06pm, the exact time the referee blew the whistle and abandoned the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, a two-minute silence will be held throughout Merseyside and in Nottingham's Old Market Square.
After consultation with the victims' families it was decided there would be no formal ceremony in Sheffield.
The Leppings Lane end of the Hillsborough ground, where the crush took place, was opened up earlier today for people to visit and pay their respects.
Hundreds of floral tributes, scarves and football shirts of all colours were laid outside the Hillsborough memorial and tied to the Shankly Gates outside the Kop on Anfield Road.
Groups of people stood, hugged and some wept as they looked at the names of those who died in Britain's deadliest sporting disaster.
At the centre of the memorial burns an eternal flame, signifying they will never be forgotten.
Sue Joyce, 43, from West Derby, Liverpool, said: "We've come here today to show the victims and the families of those who died that we have not forgotten what they have suffered.
"It may be 20 years since the disaster took place but those that were there will always be in the thoughts of every Liverpool fan around the world."
As the families of the victims took their places on the Kop, the crowd of up to 25,000 people gave them a huge round of applause.
There were also loud cheers and clapping for a group of Celtic fans who laid two banners on the Anfield turf emblazoned with "Justice for the 96" and "You'll never walk alone".
Club officials then took their seats, followed by members of Liverpool's Academy.
As Pepe Reina led the first team out, there were huge cheers and applause.
Rafa Benitez followed with his wife, Montse, coach Sammy Lee, Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard.
There were also cheers and applause for Everton's manager, David Moyes, and Kenny Dalglish.
Opening the service the Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Rev James Jones, told the crowd the Queen had sent a message that her thoughts and prayers were with them.
The Bishop said the tragedy "broke the heart but not the spirit" of the community.
He said: "On this the 20th anniversary of the tragedy at Hillsborough, which broke the heart but not the spirit of our community, Her Majesty the Queen has asked me to say that her thoughts and prayers are with us and all those affected by the tragedy.
"For many here today it seems still like yesterday. Those we lost always in our minds.
"Never a day passes without a thought of what their tomorrow might have been, without that longing for justice for their sake as well as for ours."
As the service continued, a candle was lit in memory of each victim and their names were read out.
People continued to pour into the stadium and stewards opened the Anfield Road stand.
The crowd, now estimated at up to 30,000, stood solemnly as the two-minute silence was held.
At the end of the silence, church bells from around Liverpool could be heard ringing out 96 times.
Dalglish, who was Liverpool's manager when the disaster took place, read from the Bible, Lamentations of Jeremiah.
Margaret Aspinall, vice-chairwoman of the Hillsborough Families Support Group, gave the second reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Romans.
