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A car was travelling the wrong way down the A66 near Middlesbrough before it struck a police vehicle heading in opposite direction.
PC Matthew Blades, PC Tom Clough and five young people were killed when a car drove the wrong way on the A66 and struck the police vehicle.
BBC News – UK A car was travelling the wrong way down the A66 near Middlesbrough before it struck a police vehicle heading in opposite direction.
Manchester United paid tribute to PC Matthew Blades, one of two police officers killed with five young people in the A66 wrong-way crash, and his widow and two children were due to attend the club's Premier League match against Ipswich at Old Trafford.
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BBC News – UK Watchdog launches inquiry into collision in which seven people died involving police car and another vehicle Two police officers who died in a car crash near Middlesbrough in the early hours of Saturday have been named. Police constables Matthew Blades and Tom Clough were among seven people killed after their marked police car collided with a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way along the A66 in North Yorkshir…
BBC News – UK A car was travelling the wrong way down the A66 near Middlesbrough before it struck a police vehicle heading in opposite direction.
Sky News – UK Reform UK has received a record £36m donation from British cryptocurrency billionaire Ben Delo, the largest single donation to a UK political party on record. The donation comes amid scrutiny of Reform's finances. Delo was previously convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls and was later pardoned by Donald Trump.
Sky News – UK A 42-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder following an anti-migrant demonstration in Portsmouth last Sunday, police said. He is the first person detained in connection with the protest, and further arrests are expected.
BBC News – UK A UK employment tribunal in Glasgow is examining whether Rockstar Games unlawfully dismissed 31 staff for trade union activity. Sacked worker Dayne Oram said he believed employees were put on a “watch list” after signing a remote-working petition. Rockstar denies the dismissals were union-related, saying staff were fired for sharing confidential information online.
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