The Telegraph

A police officer who shot dead a black man in south London after he tried to ram his way out of a police roadblock has been cleared of his murder.

Martyn Blake, a Scotland Yard armed officer, fired a single shot through the windscreen of Chris Kaba’s Audi Q8 killing him, when he tried to escape after being stopped by police in Streatham on the evening of 5 September 2022.

While Kaba’s identity was not known at the time, the vehicle had been linked to two previous firearms incidents including a shooting outside a primary school the night before.

Sam Linton, the head of school, said that in the seven weeks before the LTN was introduced, 554 pupils arrived late. But over a six-week period after the LTN was set up, there were 717 late arrivals. She wrote: “So one less week but over 150 more late arrivals.”

Ms Linton said teachers “stood at the school gate every morning and at the end of the day and would see how congested the road was, with traffic often stopped outside the school, particularly during busy periods for the school”.

A controversial low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) scheme in south London is to be scrapped after turning a three-mile bus journey into a two-hour slog.

The scheme at Streatham Wells has been suspended by Labour-run Lambeth council after it caused huge traffic congestion in the suburb.

The authority, which announced the U-turn on Thursday, admitted thatthe scheme had caused an eight per cent increase in traffic on boundary roads.

Sadiq Khan has admitted that a controversial low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) scheme in London is “causing huge problems” after buses were caught in hours-long traffic jams.

The scheme, at Streatham Wells, was implemented last year as part of an 18-month trial that Labour-run Lambeth council says is meant to improve air quality.

Yet the Mayor of London has now spoken out against the LTN, marking the first time he has criticised one of the schemes.