cressida dick will replace sir bernard hogan—howe.on for the future of the metand an clear vision for the future of the met and an understanding of the communities it serves and she takes on one of the most importantjobs in uk policing, against the background ofa uk policing, against the background of a heightened terror alert and the challenges include protecting the most vulnerable. cressida's skills will ensure the metropolitan police. that is part of what amber rudd has said. it's predicted that south korean women will be the first in the world to have an average life expectancy above 90. and here in the uk men and women are expected to live well into their 80s, for the first time. research carried out by imperial college london, in collaboration with the world health organisation, shows that in many countries people are living longer, and the gap between the sexes is closing. aisling mcveigh reports. we all know we're living longer, but byjust how much? apart from a blip in 2011 and 2012, life expectancy in the uk has gradually b

tonight, we will be speaking to britain passed by top cop, sir bernard hogan—howe.e has been the metropolitan police commissioner for over five years, but is about to step down so that he can give us an honest view of how well the police are doing.join me honest view of how well the police are doing. join me now on bbc two. and in the next few hours, we are hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm mike bushell. the headlines tonight: mps warn the football association: change or the government will force you to. a fanfare for the start of the new super league season good evening. mps in the house of commons have passed a motion of no confidence in the football association. there have been calls for english football's governing body to reform itself for decades but now they could face legislation if they aren't seen to modernise from within. our sports editor is dan roan. the government has already threatened the fa with tens of millions of pounds worth of funding cuts if it does not start to reform itself. today was an important staging post in what has always been seen a

she takes overfrom sir bernard hogan—howe.umbled and there you can see her and let'sjoin with her and the mayor of london, siddique khan. i'm delighted to be standing next to the next commissionerfor the standing next to the next commissioner for the metropolitan police. it has been a rigorous process and i'm confident and delighted that we have a candidate who is going to take this on, who is going to be excellent in the role. she has shown the right leadership potential, she has the right experience and she is passionate about london and working in the met. i'm confident it is going to be a great success. crime is an evolving, it has an evolving change about it and there are particular challenges in london. i know she cares about the priorities that are also my priorities, about the terror threat in london and vulnerabilities in this city and i'm looking forward to work closely with her to make it a great success. thank you, this is an historic day for london and a proud day for me as the mayor of london. on behalf of london

the 56—year—old will succeed sir bernard hogan—howe as metropolitan police commissioner. return to the force after leaving for the foreign office two years ago. in 2005 she was the commander responsible for the anti—terrorism operation that led to the death of an innocent man, jean charles de menezes at an underground station in south london. the new commissioner released a sometime. she says: "i am thrilled and humbled. this is a great responsibility and an amazing opportunity. i'm looking forward immensely to protecting and serving the people of london and working again with the fabulous women and men of the met. thank you so much to everyone who has taught me and supported me along the way". with me is tom symonds. this is a popular appointment? yes, i think so. popular appointment? yes, i think so. when you start a job like that, this that maybe change. sir bernard hogan—howe ended less popular than when he started. she is met through and through. she was born in 1960 and through. she was born in 1960 and went to college at oxford. joined the met as a fast—track gradu

for the last five and a half years, sir bernard hogan has been a senior policeman.

britain's most senior police officer, sir bernard hogan—howe, warned that policing britain will becomeade before services will suffer. iam not suffer. i am not defeatist. but it is going to be more challenging environment. we have done a lot over the last five years to mix it more efficient and more modern —— met police. we have taken at a lot of things from the past that were less efficient, sadly we have lost around a500 support staff. we have to do these things and there are more hard decisions to come, that is one of the point i'm trying to make. firefighters are battling to control a large blaze at a recycling centre near stoke on trent. a large plume of smoke has been rising from the building, which the staffordshire fire service says is full of recycled plastics. residents have been advised to stay indoors and to keep their windows closed. romania's government has withdrawn a controversial decree that would have reduced some penalties for corruption. the prime minister said he did not want to divide the country after days of huge street protests. i think we're going to get news

britain's most senior police officer — the outgoing head of the metropolitan police — sir bernard hoganrned that policing in the uk will become increasingly difficult because of rising crime and public spending cuts. he has warned there are only so many efficiency savings forces can make before front line policing begins to suffer. i'm nota i'm not a defeatist by nature, i don't thinkjust because there's less money you have to fail, all that i am highlighting, to be fair to my successor is that it will be a more challenging environment. we've done a lot over the last five years to make the metropolitan police more efficient and modern, we've taken at a lot of things from the past that we re a lot of things from the past that were not efficient, we've got fewer buildings, fewer managers, sadly we've lost about a quarter of a thousand of support staff, you have to do these things and then hard decisions to come, that is i.i'm trying to make. the government should be stripped of responsibility for overseeing rail companies' franchises — according to mps on the transport committee. their re

tonight, we will be speaking to britain passed by top cop, sir bernard hogan—howe.p down so that he can give us an honest view of how well the police are doing.join me honest view of how well the police are doing. join me now on bbc two. and in the next few hours, we are

britain's most senior police officer, the outgoing head of the metropolitan police sir bernard hoganing in the uk will become increasingly difficult because of rising crime and public spending cuts. he has warned there are only so many efficiency savings forces can make before front line policing begins to suffer. i'm not a defeatist by nature, i don't thinkjust because there is less money you have to fail. all i think i'm highlighting, to be fair to my successor, is it's going to be a more challenging environment. we have done a lot over the last five years to make the met more efficient and more modern. we have taken out an awful lot of things from the past that were inefficient and kept our 32,000 cops. we've got less buildings, we've got less managers, sadly we've lost around 4500 of our support staff. now, you've got to do these things, and there are more hard decisions to come. that's one of the big points i'm trying to make. some british airways cabin crew have begun a three—day strike in a dispute over what they describe as poverty pay. the unite union estimates the staff ear

ms dick will succeed sir bernard hogan—howe next week.correspondent tom symonds reports, her career at the met has not been without controversy. a new new scotland yard, the metropolitan police's new headquarters and now it has a new commissioner, cressida dick, flanked by the the home secretary and the mayor of london. it's beyond my wildest dreams, an extraordinary privilege. i'm very humbled. i adore london. i think it's the world's greatest global city and i love policing and i love the met. i know she cares about the priorities that are also my priorities, about the terror threat in london, about vulnerabilities in this city and i'm really looking forward to working closely with her to make it a great success. a lot of people have helped me along the way from the moment i was first a police constable, over 30 years ago at hendon. where all those men made up the rank and file, but she left them behind. if you think it is the thing for you, then, really, go for it. she ran the trident team, fighting london's gun violence. if??? "if e f

ms dick will succeed sir bernard hogan—howe next week.respondent tom symonds reports, her career at the met has not been without controversy. a new new scotland yard. the metropolitan police's new headquarters. and now it has a new commissioner, cressida dick, flanked by the home secretary and the mayor of london. it's beyond my wildest dreams, an extraordinary privilege. iam very dreams, an extraordinary privilege. i am very humbled. i adore london, i think it's the world's greatest global city, and i love policing and i love the met. i know she cares about the priorities that are also my priorities, about the terror threat in london, about vulnerabilities in this city and i'm really looking forward to working closely with her to make it a great success. closely with her to make it a great success. a lot of people have helped me along the way from the moment i was first a police constable over 30 yea rs was first a police constable over 30 years ago at hendon. were all those men made up the rank and file but she left them behind. if you

shadow foreign secretary of < labour. 0f shadow foreign secretary of < labour. of also got serb bernard hogandner on teaching death in thejungle. a lot to talk about after 9am. we look forward to that. thank you. time to look at the newspapers. we have an author and poet with us this morning. we will talk about what's inside the papers in a moment. the sunday times, the huge gap in uk defences. bear talking about the peculiar and of ships and aircraft and according to the sunday times it isn't good enough. the sunday telegraph go with the damning verdict on iraq troops‘ witch—hunt. a10 month parliamentary enquiry is expected to conclude. they find the £60 million investment into abuse in iraq is unfit for purpose and should be shut down immediately. nigel farage is keen for us to leave europe, according to the mail on sunday he is actually sharing his bachelor pad with a french politician who was at the centre of a probe into illegalfunding of his party, according to the mail on sunday. we‘ve just been talking about this. the observer, tori‘s rake with thatcher homes policy to back renters. 0

bernard hogan—howe. .. officers and with detectives. bernard hogan-howe. ..re officers and with detectives. bernard hogan-howe... there aren't many that can do both of those things. we've just got time to talk about the fact that we have to eat even more fruit and veg. five a day, try ten to live longer, say scientists, on the front of the guardian, a piece by their health editor. the advice has changed again. it was five a day. i probably eat about that, either i.e. cake or fruit at my desk, which i spent a lot of time at —— i eat cake. fruit at my desk, which i spent a lot of time at -- i eat cake. it is quite expensive, fruit and veg, if you can find any! go to a greengrocers! you can pick bags of stuff u p greengrocers! you can pick bags of stuff up for a for a couple of pounds. to be fair, this is something i get suspicious of, five day it turns out made up! a p pa re ntly apparently you could save millions of deaths worldwide if you ate that much. maybe we should put it all in one. put it in and drink it. you are still getting a lot of sugar. but you ar

sir bernard hogan howe was by pointed at a bad time for the police. in connection with the london police shooting. the political climate has not been easy for the thin blue line. in the last few years, for the thin blue line. in the last few yea rs, we for the thin blue line. in the last few years, we have seen the levenson enquiry, the appalling conclusions of the hillsborough independent panel, the death of ian tomlinson and the sacking of the pc... and so on and so on. into the murder of daniel morgan. running the police is a phenomenally complicated jobs but one of the biggest is the building behind me — the new new scotland ya rd behind me — the new new scotland yard and you might have noticed it is quite a lot smaller than the old one. the met observed a 22% budget cut in the last parliament so how did sir bernard do? they think you have to say london is safer than it was in 2011, in the sense that crime has continued to fall. we have not seen and occurrence of the london riots. we have not had a major terrorist incident. in that sense he has be