The Latest Breaking News from A66

Police issue new warning after cars set on fire at A66 vigil

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The Independent UK · Aug 28

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

Teesside MPs call for more police help after Middlesbrough and A66 deaths

Labour’s Andy McDonald says gangs ‘clearly featuring’ in a series of incidents and police are underfunded

The Guardian - 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

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

Coroner opens inquests into death of police officers in A66 crash

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The Independent UK · 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

Woman killed with niece in Middlesbrough house fire was ‘a beautiful soul’, says mother

Natalie McDonald, 34, and Valentina Foster, seven, died in fire less than mile from A66 crash, with police not ruling out links

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27

Inquests opened for two police officers killed in A66 crash that left seven dead

The inquests for the two police officers killed in the A66 crash opened on Thursday morning

The Independent UK · Aug 27