{"id":377298,"date":"2026-09-09T22:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/emotional-scenes-as-family-friends-and-colleagues-attend-funeral-of-pc-matthew-blades\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T22:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:00:28","slug":"emotional-scenes-as-family-friends-and-colleagues-attend-funeral-of-pc-matthew-blades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/emotional-scenes-as-family-friends-and-colleagues-attend-funeral-of-pc-matthew-blades\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotional scenes as family, friends and colleagues attend funeral of PC Matthew Blades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/uxGqAAOvFJ0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Emotional scenes as family, friends and colleagues attend funeral of PC Matthew Blades\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uxGqAAOvFJ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people lined the street at the funeral of a police officer who was killed in a crash.<\/p>\n<p>Standard bearers represented every UK force at the service for PC Matthew Blades, 37, at St Joseph\u2019s Roman Catholic Church in his home town of Hartlepool.<\/p>\n<p>He was killed with his colleague Pc Tom Clough, 38, in a collision at South Bank, near Middlesbrough, in which five young men also died, on 22 August.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the church, officers lined the length of Hutton Avenue, wearing identity patches \u201cPC 3234 BLADES\u201d and \u201cPC 3234 CLOUGH\u201d on their uniforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of people lined the street at the funeral of a police officer who was killed in a crash. Standard bearers represented every UK force at the service for PC Matthew Blades, 37, at St Joseph\u2019s Roman Catholic Church in his home town of Hartlepool. 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