A grieving father from Keighley who fought for more than a quarter of a century for justice for the victims of the Hillsborough disaster has collected a CBE from the Queen.

Trevor Hicks's daughters Sarah, 19, and Victoria, 15, were among the 96 Liverpool fans who were killed in Britain's worst sporting disaster.

The Keighley businessman stepped away from the long-awaited fresh inquests into their deaths to accept the honour at Buckingham Palace.

Mr Hicks described it as a day of "mixed emotions", saying that "it is the first time I have got something that I would rather not have had, for obvious reasons, but I am extremely proud to be here".

He collected his award alongside Margaret Aspinall, whose son James, 18, also died.

Miss Aspinall, who chairs the Hillsborough Family Support Group (HFSG), and Mr Hicks, who is president of the group, have been honoured for their services to the bereaved Hillsborough families.

They have been the driving force in the lengthy legal battle against the British establishment which saw the accidental death verdicts in the previous Hillsborough inquests being quashed and a new hearing ordered.