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A senior firearms officer who shot a man wrongly suspected of being a terrorist has recalled thinking "he's gonna blow. We're gonna die" shortly before pulling the trigger.

The decision was made at a public meeting on November 4 following an extended period of public consultation with the community, as the council works to protect the borough’s high standard of primary school education.

Armed police officer Martyn Blake has been promoted just weeks after he was cleared of the murder of gang member Chris Kaba.

The Met Police marksman, 40, is set to become an inspector, having passed the relevant exams prior to the fatal shooting two years ago.

The work will affect trains from November 9 and November 10.

We have compiled all the details on these works so that you can plan your journey this weekend.

Saturday and Sunday (November 9 and November 10):

Police were called to Streatham Common station on Thursday (November 7), to a report of a casualty on the tracks just before 2.50pm.

Emergency services were called to the scene, but a person was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police were called to Streatham Common station on Thursday (November 7), to a report of a casualty on the tracks just before 2.50pm.

Emergency services were called to the scene, but a person was pronounced dead at the scene.

The spreading of a ‘dangerous narrative’ around the shooting of Chris Kaba by those in authority risked undermining British justice, the head of Scotland Yard has warned.

The new Good Parks for London report ranks Lambeth Council as having the capital’s third highest performing parks service when assessed against 10 different criteria including quality and sustainability.

The first tree was planted outside Minet Library, in Myatts Field, to mark the start of the tree planting season and to pay tribute to former Brixton resident Mr Zephaniah who died in December last year.