A fundraiser is underway for the families of two police officers, PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough, who are killed in a wrong-way crash on the A66. A campaign organized by the Cleveland Police Federation is seeking support for their families, with reported totals surpassing £300,000 in one account.
Other coverage also points to an online fundraising effort, describing a GoFundMe page created for the same families. Reports note the fundraising amount has reached more than €180,000, reflecting figures presented in different currencies and possibly updates at different times. The two outlets focus on the same victims and the same general aim—financial support for the families—while differing in how they describe the mechanism of the appeal (federation-organized fundraising versus a GoFundMe page) and the specific reported totals.
