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How Middlesbrough became the UK’s crime capital: ‘What the hell happens next?’

High levels of unemployment and poverty have led to the northeast town suffering disproportionately from organised criminal networks and suspected gang wars. That escalated this week with a series of car rammings and a deadly house fire, leaving residents fearing for what comes next, as Holly Evans reports

The Independent UK

Woman killed in house fire was ‘not involved with gangs or A66 crash’, brother says

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to the fire which took the lives of Natalie McDonald, 34, and seven-year-old Valentina Foster

The Independent UK

Brother of woman killed in house fire says she was ‘not involved with gangs’

Investigations are continuing into the blaze which happened a mile away from the scene of a crash that killed two police officers and five young men.

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Flares set off and balloons released as hundreds gather for vigil after A66 crash

Young people wearing masks arrived on scooters, off-road bikes and quad bikes

The Independent UK

Men in A66 wrong-way crash that killed two police officers had 37 convictions

Cleveland Police said 12 people have been arrested over alleged criminality leading up to the collision

The Independent UK

Who Were the Four Men in the A66 Crash? Their Previous Offences Revealed

A fatal crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough involved a Volkswagen Passat with four occupants having criminal records. The incident resulted in seven deaths, including two police officers.

International Business Times UK

Man killed in A66 crash was awaiting trial over alleged assault on police officer

Makai Saddington, 18, was accused of assaulting a police officer and causing racially aggravated alarm or distress to another, court records show

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'No Sympathy For Them': Internet Erupts After Five Young Boys Killed in A66 Crash Over Alleged TikTok Ride

Five young men and two Cleveland Police officers died in the A66 collision, while resurfaced TikTok videos have intensified debate over reckless driving and online attention.

International Business Times UK

A66 crash: Families describe ‘pain beyond words’ in tributes to police officers killed in Middlesbrough collision

PC Tom Clough and PC Matthew Blades’ families said they had served and died ‘in the line of duty’

The Independent UK

Five males killed alongside police officers in wrong-way A66 crash named

Michael Robert Cahill, 23, Theo Rae, 17, Cole Robert Worthy, 16, Jacob Matusiak, 23, and Makai Saddington, 18 all died.

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