Tributes paid to two police officers among seven killed in head-on collision

The families of the two police officers killed in a head-on-crash in Cleveland have paid tribute.

The wife of Pc Matthew Blades said the ”pain of losing him is beyond words”, and the family of Pc Tom Clough have described him as their hero.

The five young men who died in the collision near Middlesborough have been named. They were all between 17 and 23 years old.

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