Liverpool FC have banned The Sun newspaper over its coverage of the Hillsborough disaster.
The national tabloid remains boycotted on Merseyside since its coverage of the 1989 tragedy in which it accused Reds supporters of gross misbehaviour.
Its notorious front page headline ‘The Truth’ was published just days after 96 people had lost their lives in overcrowded pens at Sheffield Wedneday’s ground.
An inquest last year ruled that all of the victims at Hillsborough were unlawfully killed and exonerated Liverpool fans of any wrongdoing.
In the aftermath of the disaster, The Sun was still allowed to cover both matches at Anfield and press conferences at Melwood over the previous 28 years.
But reporters for the paper will now not be permitted either access to players and club management or to cover home games in a professional capacity.
The decision is understood to have been taken following discussions with Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group and the disaster’s bereaved families.
Renewed boycotts of the paper have been stepped up in recent months, with both Liverpool and Wirral councils backing plans to stop it being sold in the region.
“The Sun and Liverpool FC have had a solid working relationship for the 28 years since the Hillsborough tragedy,” a spokesman for the paper told the Guardian.
“Banning journalists from a club is bad for fans and bad for football. The Sun can reassure readers this won’t affect our full football coverage.
“The Sun deeply regrets its reporting of the tragic events at Hillsborough and understands the damage caused by those reports is still felt by many in the city.
“A new generation of journalists on the paper congratulate the families on the hard fought victory they have achieved through the inquest.
“It is to their credit that the truth has emerged and, whilst we can’t undo the damage done, we would like to further a dialogue with the city and to show that the paper has respect for the people of Liverpool.”