Fury on the Streets of Teesside: A Region in Crisis The past week has brought a wave of violence to Middlesbrough and its surroundings.
Cars were torched at a vigil for Michael Cahill, one of the seven victims of a head on collision with police on the A66, while a fatal house fire claimed two lives just a mile away from the crash site.
Locals describe the area as "brutal" due to increasing feelings of insecurity. The events are not isolated to the immediate aftermath of the A66 crash, which was a tragic consequence of a police pursuit gone wrong.