Police in Middlesbrough ‘had five pleas for help ignored by government’ before deadly gang violence that precipitated A66 crash

 Police in Middlesbrough ‘had five pleas for help ignored by government’ before deadly gang violence that precipitated A66 crash

Matt Storey, Cleveland’s police and crime commissioner, had written at least seven letters to the government since July 2024 warning that officers were ‘woefully underfunded’.

Police in Middlesbrough had five pleas for help ignored by the government before an outbreak of gang violence which led to the fatal A66 crash. 
Matt Storey, Cleveland’s police and crime commissione…