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Chris Kaba: Anger may have played part in police marksman shooting driver dead in south London, court told

Martyn Blake, 40, has gone on trial accused of murdering Mr Kaba in September 2022 during police stop

Sir Mark Rowley said abuse online and lengthy misconduct investigations have left officers less willing to take action or additional duties

Sir Mark Rowley said the abuse thrown at police officers online is ‘shameful’

Margaret Davis1 minute ago

Abuse on social media and controversy over investigations by a watchdog have damaged police officers’ confidence so much that the rate of stop and search and arrests has dropped, the head of Britain’s largest force has claimed.

Forget your middle-class aspirations of a bouji garden office duplex — fashion has decreed the humble Wendy house to be the external living area flex you didn’t know your toddler (and, er, David Cameron) was an early adopter of.

Police were called to reports of an altercation on Fernwood Avenue

While there’s plenty of talk about a return to office working and the resurgence of city living, a recent report by Quick Move Now and Home.co.uk lays bare how tough it still is to sell a property in London.

The figures revealed the locations across the UK, where it takes the longest and shortest time to sell, based on the number of days a property is on the market.

Two people are charged with the murder of Basilio Dos Santos Antonio

The mayor said Lambeth Council had created ‘brilliant’ LTNs elsewhere, but the Streatham Wells scheme had ‘unintended consequences’

Noah Vickers8 March 2024

Sadiq Khan has “applauded” Lambeth Council for suspending a controversial low traffic neighbourhood (LTN), while dismissing the idea it could set a precedent for the removal of similar schemes.

The mayor said it was clear the Streatham Wells LTN had caused “unintended consequences” and that it was the right decision to suspend it, but suggested that its problems were due to exceptional circumstances.