The devastated wife and sons of one of the police officers killed in the A66 tragedy will pay a heartbreaking final farewell to him today.
The family of PC Matthew Blades, 37, – who described him as their ‘superhero’ – saw their world turned upside down on August 22 when he and his colleague PC Tom Clough, 38, were killed in a head-on smash with a car full of youths.
PC Blades’ funeral takes place with full police honours and a procession through his home town of Hartlepool, County Durham, attended by his wife and sons aged just eight and six. Road
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