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Torching cars at A66 crash vigil ‘completely unacceptable’, say police

Durham Constabulary officers were called to a field in the Haswell area of the county shortly after 5.30pm on Thursday.

Evening Standard · Aug 28

‘This place might look bad but it’s not’: fear and hope in Middlesbrough community after week of violence

Nine people have died in events police had linked to organised crime in an area shaped by deprivation and fading opportunities, but there is light, say residents

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28

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 · Aug 28

Man stabbed during latest violent incident in Middlesbrough

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The Independent UK · Aug 27

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 · Aug 27

Hundreds of extra police officers deployed to Middlesbrough after series of violent incidents following A66 crash

A 39-year-old man is receiving treatment following an assault involving a bladed weapon, Cleveland Police says

The Independent UK · Aug 27

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.

Evening Standard · Aug 27

Vehicle hits wall outside house minutes away from A66 crash and fatal house fire

Police are investigating the damage at a property on Steele Crescent, South Bank, in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Evening Standard · Aug 27

Another house rammed by car in Middlesbrough in latest incident in town

One neighbour said the car was ‘going backwards and forwards’ into the garden wall

The Independent UK · Aug 27

What we know after another house is targeted by car in Middlesbrough

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The Independent UK · Aug 27