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Four anti-Ulez protesters have been found guilty of harassing London Mayor Sadiq Khan outside his home in south-west London.

The demonstrators, dubbed the ‘Tooting Four’ took part in action dubbed "Khanage @ Khan's" in April of this year.

They joined a 100-strong group of campaigners protesting against Khan’s Ultra-low emissions zone (ULEZ) policy.

Appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, Nicholas Arlett, Allison Young, Martin Whitehead and Lloyd Dunsford were found guilty of harassment.

Troubled DIY and garden chain Homebase has put 74 of its stores up for sale after collapsing into administration last week.

The firm has set a deadline of the end of next week for potential buyers to snap up its remaining shops in the UK and Ireland.

It appointed administrators at consultancy Teneo after it was hit hard by an "incredibly challenging" three years for the DIY sector.

Administrators struck a deal to sell the business to retail group CDS, which owns The Range and Wilko, securing the future of up to 1,600 jobs and 70 stores.

Sadiq Khan has given his thanks to the police officer who shot dead gangster Chris Kaba during a vehicle stop in 2022 for his efforts in keeping London safe.

Speaking to James O’Brien on LBC, the mayor of London offered direct thanks to Martyn Blake, 40, who shot Kaba dead behind the wheel of a car in Streatham in September that year.

He also thanked other armed police officers for their efforts in keeping the streets of London safe. Mr Khan refused to name Mr Blake directly, choosing instead to refer to him by his codename NX121.

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.

Speaking for the first time 20 years on from the shooting, the senior firearms officer, known only as C12, has recounted events as part of Channel 4's Shoot To Kill: Terror On The Tube documentary.

Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead a fortnight after suicide bombers exploded devices on three Tube lines and a London bus on July 7 2005, killing 52 people.

A senior firearms officer who shot a man wrongly suspected of being a terrorist after the 7/7 bombings will speak publicly for the first time in a new documentary.

Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead a fortnight after suicide bombers exploded devices on three Tube lines and a London bus on July 7 2005, killing 52 people.

The senior firearms officer who will appear in Channel 4's Shoot To Kill: Terror On The Tube has remained anonymous for nearly two decades.

A police officer, who was doing his job, potentially saving the lives of colleagues, as a two-and-a-half ton car was being driven as hard as it could be at them, is identified and put on trial for murder and now has a £10,000 bounty on his head from gangsters.

Meanwhile, the man, of course, who was in the car at the time, a gangster, a criminal from the age of 13, was given protection there. He was allowed to have this case brought forward in the first place.

A Met Police marksman who was cleared of the murder of Chris Kaba has gone into hiding after a £10,000 bounty was put on his head.

Martyn Blake, 40, stood trial at the Old Bailey after shooting the 24-year-old through the front windscreen of an Audi Q8 in Streatham, south-east London, on September 5 2022.

The car had been used as a getaway vehicle in a shooting the previous evening, and was hemmed in by police cars in Kirkstall Gardens after an officer recognised its registration number.

This is the moment a man thought to be Chris Kaba shot a rival in a crowded nightclub in east London, before chasing him down and shooting him again.

The footage was released after an armed police officer was acquitted of the murder of gangster Kaba, 24, who was shot dead in a car while trying to ram his way out a police roadblock.

Kaba was accused of being a "core member" of the 67 gang from Brixton, one of London's most dangerous street gangs, and was accused of being involved in two shootings in less than a week before his death.

A former Met firearms officer told Black Lives Matter activist that she was "trained by Hollywood" after the activist questioned why Martyn Blake did not opt for non-lethal force against Chris Kaba.

Former Met Police Specialist Firearms Officer Tony Long and Black Lives Matter Activist Amarn Ayton clashed over the acquittal of a Met marksman who fatally shot Chris Kaba.

Speaking with LBC's Nick Ferrari at Breakfast, the pair argued over whether Firearms officer Martyn Blake could have avoided fatally shooting Mr Kaba.

Suella Braverman has told LBC Met Firearms officer Martyn Blake should "never" have been charged with murder for the shooting of Chris Kaba.

Mr Blake, 40, stood trial after shooting the 24-year-old through the front windscreen of an Audi Q8 in Streatham, south-east London, in September 2022.

Firearms officer, Martyn Blake, was acquitted by a jury at the Old Bailey after around three and a half hours of deliberation on Monday.

Speaking to LBC’s Nick Ferrari, Braverman said: “These charges should never have been brought against him.