Colin Smith died in 1990 at the age of seven after being given blood infected with HIV.

The year began with strike action but ended on a more stable note, while public inquiries also loomed large.

Billions have been earmarked for victims of the Post Office and infected blood scandals.

Ten people have been offered a settlement worth over £13m in total.

Some families of those who died have been told payments due before Christmas have been put on hold.

A campaigner, from Coventry, welcomes compensation for victims but says they must be paid quickly.

Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C, in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history.

The garden will be named after Amanda Patton's brother Simon Cummings, who died in 1996.