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5 News Weekend
Saturday 22 August 2026 · 18:25 BST · 5m · 5 stories · 10 annotated moments · 2 of 5 min on news stories (43%)
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The police officers killed in a crash near Middlesbrough have been named as PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough. Their marked car collided with a Volkswagen Passat driving on the wrong side of the road, killing seven people in total, including the two officers and all five occupants of the other vehicle.
A six-year-old British-Palestinian girl, Saja El Kowas, died in hospital after being rescued from the sea off West Sussex; her parents and 14-year-old sister were killed in the incident at Shoreham Fort. Separately, Constance Marten was granted permission to appeal her 14-year sentence for the death of her baby Victoria, who died in a tent on the South Downs in January 2023.
TikTok agreed to pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the platform of violating the privacy of millions of children under 13, the largest US settlement of its kind. The Duchess of Sussex is in talks with Guy Ritchie about a role in his Netflix series The Gentleman, which would be her first major acting role since Suits, and is believed to be one of the reasons the couple are moving back to the UK.
- 0:21 Story begins Seven die in head-on crash on A66 in Teesside
- 0:36
Claim Seven die in head-on crash on A66 in Teesside
Multiple people died at the scene despite the efforts of emergency services.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 22 August 2026, 0:36-0:42
- 0:36
Claim Seven die in head-on crash on A66 in Teesside
Multiple people died at the scene despite the efforts of emergency services.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 22 August 2026, 0:36-0:42
- 0:36
Claim Seven die in head-on crash on A66 in Teesside
The IOPC launched an investigation into the incident, and Cleveland Police is cooperating.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 22 August 2026, 0:36-0:42
- 0:36
Claim Seven die in head-on crash on A66 in Teesside
The IOPC launched an investigation into the incident, and Cleveland Police is cooperating.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 22 August 2026, 0:36-0:42
- 1:11
- 1:11
Claim Saja El Kowas, 6, dies after West Sussex sea rescue that killed her parents and sister
A girl died in hospital after a family got into trouble at Shoreham Fort, where her parents and sister were also killed.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 22 August 2026, 1:11-1:21
- 1:15
Claim Saja El Kowas, 6, dies after West Sussex sea rescue that killed her parents and sister
A girl died in hospital after a family got into trouble at Shoreham Fort, where her parents and sister were also killed.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 22 August 2026, 1:15-1:26
- 1:21
Claim Saja El Kowas, 6, dies after West Sussex sea rescue that killed her parents and sister
A girl died in hospital after a family got into trouble at Shoreham Fort, where her parents and sister were also killed.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 22 August 2026, 1:21-1:27
- 1:28
- 1:48
- 1:48
Claim TikTok to pay $400m to settle US children's privacy case
TikTok agreed to pay $400 million to settle a US government case.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 22 August 2026, 1:48-1:58
- 1:53
Claim TikTok to pay $400m to settle US children's privacy case
TikTok agreed to pay $400 million to settle a US government case.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 22 August 2026, 1:53-2:02
- 1:53
Claim TikTok to pay $400m to settle US children's privacy case
TikTok agreed to pay $400 million to settle a US government case.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 22 August 2026, 1:53-1:58
- 2:07
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