A FATHER who lost two teenage daughters in the Hillsborough disaster 25 years ago, has received a CBE from the Queen.

Trevor Hicks, who lives in Giggleswick, accepted the honour at Buckingham Palace today.

He is founder and president of the Hillsborough Family Support Group and was recognised for his tireless work since the disaster, in April 1989, to uncover who was responsible for the deaths of 96 people, including his two daughters, Sarah, who was 19, and Victoria, 15.

Both girls were crushed to death in the Sheffield Wednesday ground where they had gone to watch Liverpool play Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semi-final.

Mr Hicks, who runs England Worthside, a Keighey-based company providing parts for beer hand pumps, and the girls' mother Jenny - the couple are separated - were also in the ground, but escaped injury.

He has been in the vanguard of the campaign to get justice for the victims since the tragedy and at the forefront of the battle to secure a new inquest.

It was granted two years ago following the quashing of the original findings into the events on April 15. It has been running since last March and is unlikely to be completed until 2016.