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Beyond the A66 tragedy: what makes gang culture take hold?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1637+ words) ID 191834812 © Fotocelia | Dreamstime.com Cleveland Police described the investigation as having “significant links to serious and organised criminal activity” and arrests followed for offences including participation in an organised crime group (OCG), weapons offences, criminal damage and assisting an offender....
Environment Agency investigate three illegal waste dumps discovered in the North East
1+ week, 2+ day ago (441+ words) • The Callerton site near Newcastle Airport was reported on 24 August and is an estimated 400 tonnes The Environment Agency is investigating three North East illegal waste dumps amounting to almost 3,500 tonnes of waste. The three sites – at Peterlee and Hartlepool in…...
600 officers on the ground in Cleveland
1+ week, 2+ day ago (460+ words) Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner Matt Storey. Picture/credit: Office of the Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner A police and crime commissioner (PCC) has slammed a £2mn sum handed to Cleveland Police from the government. Labour’s Matt Storey said it was…...
Ben Houchen’s hypocrisy over “Lawless Britain”
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (984+ words) After keeping a low profile following the A66 crash in Middlesbrough on 22 August, Ben Houchen wrote an opinion piece for the Daily Mail on 30 August. Houchen’s first instinct was to fall back on the favourite trope of Reform UK, the Conservative…...
The A66 tragedy one week on: human grief became content and outrage became a witch hunt
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1422+ words) ID 431599875 © Qoysudzakarovi | Dreamstime.com Seven people died on the A66 last Saturday in South Bank. Two were police officers, PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough who were killed when a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way down the dual carriageway…...
The A66 tragedy: breaking a cycle that began long before social media
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1583+ words) ID 131140676 © Tero Vesalainen | Dreamstime.com I grew up in Middlesbrough, so watching the aftermath of the horrific A66 crash at South Bank has brought back memories I haven’t thought about for years. For those who didn’t grow up with the term,…...
Seven people dead in ‘wrong way’ traffic collision in Middlesbrough
3+ week, 1+ day ago (204+ words) A Volkswagen Passat, containing five occupants was speeding along the wrong side of the A66 dual-carriageway between Grangetown and South Bank. The Passat, which was driving ‘suspiciously’, collided head-on with a police car containing two officers. Cleveland’s Police and Crime Commissioner…...