For the families and victims of the tainted blood scandal, it has been a 30 year battle for justice.

Yesterday, an independent inquiry examining how thousands of men, women and children became infected with contaminated blood products, finally began its hearings.

Sir Brian Langstaff, a retired High Court Judge, pledged to act “without fear or favour” in holding those responsible to acccount and examining accusations of a cover up.

But first, it was time to remember the victims.

Bereaved relatives and sufferers of the contaminated blood scandal were moved to tears as they watched images of hundreds of people who died in the scandal, set to an Emeli Sande song - Read All About It - with its lyrics about “finally finding our voices”.