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Radio 4,23 Aug 2026,16 mins

Five young men who died in A66 crash are named

Six O'Clock News

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Police name five young men - among them teenagers -- who died in a head-on collision that also killed two officers near Middlesbrough. The police watchdog says a police pursuit of a car -- believed to be using cloned plates -- was aborted just seconds before the crash. Also: Trains across the UK are cancelled by CrossCountry, after a power cut at its control centre. And President Trump caps festivities to mark 250 years of American Independence by launching an IndyCar race through the streets of Washington.

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