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A colleague of the Met Police officer accused of murdering Chris Kaba has told a court that he was also about to shoot the suspect.

Chris Kaba, 24, was trying to escape police when Martyn Blake, 40, opened fire in Streatham Hill, southwest London, on the evening of September 5, 2022.

Blake is accused of murder after he fired a single shot through the windscreen of Mr Kaba's Audi which had been followed and surrounded by police vehicles.

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A despised Low Traffic Neighbourhood system in south London which left ambulances gridlocked and buses taking two hours to go three miles could be back within days.

The Streatham Wells LTN caused 'chaos' after it was first introduced in October by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan in the hopes of reducing pollution.

A wheelchair user has claimed Eurostar staff prevented her from boarding a service from Paris to London after a 'petty power play'.

Sam Jennings, from Streatham, south London, says she queued for her train at Gare du Nord but was turned away because she did not have a ramp booked, despite her booking a wheelchair space checking in advance if she needed to take any further measures.

A young school boy who has been missing for almost a week has returned home safely.

Peter Antonov, 14, who attends King's College School in Wimbledon, finished classes on Monday before returning home and going out with friends that evening.

He went to Wandsworth Common on Monday and was last seen at approximately 8.30pm boarding the 319 bus which goes from Streatham to Chelsea, passing through Wandsworth.

They are cheap, fast, and not to mention finger-lickin' good, so little wonder fried chicken has grown to become a British staple.

For many, their local fried chicken shop fills them with a 'sense of nostalgia', transporting them back to a memory of where they would go with friends after school, but for others, well they vow never to feed their children such 'rubbish'.

And while some experts say its popular status is due to its affordable prices which target 'deprived areas', others point to its influence through social media and celebrity trends.

A man has issued a desperate appeal for his beloved penny farthing after it was stolen from outside a hair salon in London.

Robert Torto, 44, was getting his hair cut when his Trotts and Son's penny farthing was stolen from a bike rack in Streatham Hill at around 1pm on June 3.

CCTV footage from a nearby pharmacy captured the suspected thief wheeling the penny farthing away from the scene.

The eccentric mode of transport is 56 inches tall and has a distinctive red rear tyre.

A prolific burglar who broke into a M&S store to steal £500 of sirloin and T-bone steak as well as 20 bottles of prosecco, has become the first person to be jailed in a private prosecution.

David Hanson, 44, who had 105 previous convictions including 33 burglaries, was caught in the act and arrested by two detectives from a private policing company.

The store manager from M&S in Streatham Hill had called police immediately after catching Hanson stealing on CCTV but despite the footage, the Met Police decided not to investigate.

This is the moment a huge street brawl erupts between a group of men as Met police officers fight to contain the violence.

The shocking footage begins by showing several men throwing punches at each other which then spills onto the road and into oncoming traffic.

Police confirmed that the large fight took place on Streatham High Road at 3.45pm on Saturday. Firearm officers attended the scene and a PCSO sustained minor injuries.

Teachers have been patrolling a 'ghost town' low traffic neighbourhood where gangs of thieves have been targeting pupils on the unnaturally quiet streets.

Staff at Bishop Thomas Grant school in Streatham, south London have been walking streets adjacent to school which has been rated as Outstanding by Ofsted inspectors.

The secondary school is inside the Streatham Wells LTN which was introduced by the Labour-controlled Lambeth Council in October 2023.

Footage has emerged of the shocking moment two men throw punches at one another in the middle of a busy high street, bringing traffic to a standstill.

The clip sees one man, wearing just a black tracksuit and trainers, being restrained by a large group on the side of a packed Streatham High Road in south London.

As he wanders into the main road, a man and a woman follow him and attempt to drag him out of the way of oncoming traffic, which includes vans and buses.