Sky News

A Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with the murder of Chris Kaba, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

Mr Kaba, 24, died the day after he was hit by a single gunshot fired by a police firearms officer in Streatham Hill on 5 September last year.

The car he was driving was followed through south London by an unmarked police car with no lights or sirens.

He then turned into Kirkstall Gardens, a narrow residential street, where there was a collision between the vehicle he was in and a marked police car that was waiting for him at the scene.

A 34-year-old man has died on train tracks in south London after a car chase with police officers.

The Metropolitan Police said the car failed to stop at 3.26am on Wednesday as it headed towards Streatham High Road.

"A vehicle pursuit was authorised and officers followed the car for a short time, indicating it should stop," said a Met statement.

The driver ran away after crashing in Brunswick Mews, Streatham, and police lost sight of him in nearby Potters Lane, the force said.