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More than 10,000 people flocked to Anfield this afternoon to remember the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster.
The annual memorial service is one of a series of events taking place in Liverpool to mark the 20th anniversary of the tragedy on April 15, 1989.
There was a two minute silence at 3.06pm - the time the match ar Hillsborough was abandoned - after which all the civic, cathedral and church bells in Liverpool rang 96 times, the first time this has happened since the war.
The official memorial service at Anfield stadium began with a brief address by the Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Rev James Jones, who said the disaster had "broken the heart, but not the spirit of our city."
He told the crowd the Queen had sent a message that her thoughts and prayers were with them.
The individual names of each of the 96 victims were read out, accompanied by a tolling bell.
Kenny Dalglish, the LFC manager at the time of the disaster, gave the first reading.
Anfield Memorial
Thousand of people have met at Liverpool Anfield Football ground to mark the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster which claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool FC fans. A minutes silence was held at 15:06 in Liverpool, Nottingham and Sheffield.

In the 20 years that have passed but the families of the victims and a large portion of the population in Liverpool feel that there are still unanswered questions over the events and blame still to be apportioned.

In addition there are questions regarding, what is seen as, the post event coverup and the part played in it by Norman Bettison. Who was latter appointed Chief Constable of Merseyside by Merseyside Police Authority in circumstances that caused members of the authority to resign.

The Sun newspaper and it's then editor Kelvin Mackensey are still regarded with hate by a portion of Liverpool fans for there coverage of the events particularly for blaming Liverpool fans and for allegations that fans attacked the police during the rescue and urinated on them.