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Cleveland police to get £2m extrato tackle serious crime in Middlesbrough

Cash announced after horror car crash that killed two police officers and house fire in which woman and young girl died

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Josh Halliday and Angus Thomson1 Sept 2026, 10:04 pmUpdated 10h ago1 min readEuropeUnited Kingdom

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Cleveland police to get £2m extra to tackle serious crime in Middlesbrough

Cash announced after horror car crash that killed two police officers and house fire in which woman and young girl died

Cleveland’s police force is to receive a £2m funding boost to tackle serious crime, after the home secretary said successive high-profile tragedies in the Middlesbrough area had led to a “sense of disquiet” in the community.

Shabana Mahmood and the prime minister, Andy Burnham, paid tribute in parliament on Tuesday to police constables Matthew Blades and Tom Clough, who were killed when a Volkswagen Passat travelling on the wrong side of the A66 dual carriageway collided head-on with their marked response vehicle.

Cleveland’s police force is to receive a £2m funding boost to tackle serious crime, after the home secretary said successive high-profile tragedies in the Middlesbrough area had led to a “sense of disquiet” in the community.

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Source: The Guardian · Josh Halliday and Angus Thomson. Published 1 Sept 2026, 10:04 pm.

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