earlier, the mayor of london, sadiq khan, commended the appointment of sir mark rowley and called theoner". well, sir mark hasn't in the police for the last four in the police for the last four years. that's really important. he brings an outside experience. he also knows the importance of a commissioner who is to win back the trust and confidence from so many communities in london he has have a plan to get the basics of policing rights and also carry on the success we've had in reducing violent crime in our city. just to bring a couple of government appointments have been announced. not great surprises because at least one of the people is back in the job they were occupying before they resigned to fourscore boris johnson out. that is heather wheeler returns to her previous job as planetree secretary at the cabinet office. you may recall she was herself in the headlines a few weeks ago when she made reference to god awful places in connection with blackpool and manchester for which he apologised. guy opperman is back in government as the department for work and pensions secretary and

mark rowley, the former head of— selected...g other— counterterrorism, has been doing other things including writing a hovet— other things including writing a novel and various other things in the interim, coming back and talking about _ the interim, coming back and talking about... well, he gave a short statement _ about... well, he gave a short statement that the telegraph has interpreted as getting more bobbies back on— interpreted as getting more bobbies back on the beat, trying to restore the damaged public trust in the met at the _ the damaged public trust in the met at the moment. let's see what happens — at the moment. let's see what happens. it's neveran at the moment. let's see what happens. it's never an easyjob being _ happens. it's never an easyjob being the — happens. it's never an easyjob being the metropolitan police commissioner, a big force, lots can io commissioner, a big force, lots can go wrong — commissioner, a big force, lots can go wrong. he's had an impressive track— go wrong. he's had an impressive trac

sir mark rowley has been named as the new commissioner of the metropolitan police, taking over the rolewn as commissioner in february following a series of scandals. earlier, the mayor of london sadiq khan commended the appointment of sir mark rowley and called the new met police chief a "reforming commissioner". well, sir mark hasn't in the police for the last four years. that's really important. he brings an outside experience. he also knows the importance of a commissioner who is to win back the trust and confidence from so many communities in london lost he has have a plan to get the basics of policing rights and also carry of policing right and also carry on the success we've had in reducing violent crime in our city. joining me now is the crime and police commentator danny shaw. good to see you again. first of all, how difficult a choice to think this was and given the headlines they have been receiving in the last few years, you might wonder if anyone decent wanted to be the next commissioner.— decent wanted to be the next commissioner. , . ., , ,, commissioner. the selection pro

britain's former counter—terrorism police chief sir mark rowley is formally appointed as the new headthe metropolitan police in the wake of a string of failings which have compromised public trust. tributes pour in from around the world forjapan�*s former prime minister, shinzo abe, who has been assassinated while delivering a speech at a campaign event. six men are found guilty for taking part in a series of robberies and burglaries including a 5.5 million diamond encrusted tiara. come on, cam! cameron norrie battles against djokovic for a place in the wimbledon final. we'll have the latest from sw19 at 5:30pm. and coming up on the film review later this hour, find out why mark kermode loves a new british film about a man who built his own robot. that's at 5:45pm. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, has confirmed he'll be standing in the contest to take on the leadership of the conservative party and the country. mr sunak launched his leadership bid in the last hour. hejoins tom tugendhat and the attorney general for england and wales, suella braverman, in putting his hat in the ring

sir mark rowley has been named as the new commissioner of the metropolitan police. r mark previously served as head of the met�*s counter—terrorism unit. he says he wants to make sure people's faith in the met to police by consent is restored. a man has beenjailed for life for murdering the police community support officerjulia james. callum wheeler, who's 22, attacked ms james while she was walking her dog in kent last april. she died as a result of serious head injuries after being beaten with a metal bar. wheeler will serve a minimum of 37 years. covid—19 infections are still rising across the uk. the latest figures from the office for national statistics show 2.7 million people are estimated to have had the virus last week, up from 2.3 million the week before. our medical editor fergus walsh is here. covid infections have been rising sharply for the past month — driven by the highly contagious omicron sub—variants baa and ba.5. the ons survey shows increases across the uk. in england, one in 25 were infected last week. in wales, one in 20. northern ireland, one i

and here in the uk, sir mark rowley has been named as the new commissioner of london's metropolitan policeme cressida dick was forced to resign earlier this year. the list of potential candidates to succeed borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party and become the next british prime minister has grown. rishi sunak, who resigned as finance minister on tuesday, says he wants the job. but many conservative mps are calling for borisjohnson to leave downing street immediately. our political correspondent alex forsyth has the latest. the leadership race is on. will you be standing for the leadership? though this morning, potential candidates were keeping quiet. are you going to be the next prime minister? no answer first thing from the former chancellor. then this afternoon, there was this. i'm standing to be the next leader of the conservative party and your prime minister. rishi sunak, one of the first to quit borisjohnson's government, today launched a slick campaign on social media for hisjob. he's not the only one. tom tugendhat�*s announced he'd run this morning. the attorney general

sir mark rowley has been named as the new commissioner of the metropolitan police. february. that came under pressure from the mayor of london who said he no longer had confidence in her leadership. sir mark previously served as head of the met�*s counter—terrorism unit. that is a nationwide responsibility that will remain with the mat under his leadership. petrol and diesel pricing will be further investigated by the uk's competition watchdog after it found cause for concern in some parts of the industry. the competition and markets authority said it had discovered a sharp rise in prices once fuel had been processed by oil refineries and significant differences in price between forecourts in many rural and urban areas. let's talk now to rod dennis from the rac. we recorded an interview with him for today but i know we have a lot more to tell us. i know it's been a busy day for you on this story. what do you make of the initial announcement by the watchdog authority because they look at this by the governmentjust authority because they look at this by the government

britain's former counter—terrorism police chief sir mark rowley is formally appointed as the new headid there's no case to answer. sir keir has been giving his response. i have always said that no rules were broken when i was in durham. the police have now completed their investigation and found that there is no case to answer. people said to me i was taking a risk by saying i would step down if i was fined. it was never about that. for me, it was a matter of principle. it should not be controversial to say that those who make the law can't break the law, but we have to set the bar far higher than that. our country is stuck in a dangerous rut. everywhere you look, things are broken, and nothing gets fixed. people say to me when they look at those running the country they see a group of people totally detached from reality, whose words mean nothing and who put their own interests first. who could blame them for concluding that politics doesn't matter and doesn't work? this is notjust about borisjohnson. this feeling that politics has failed hasn't emerged in the last few months. it's b

martin, your thoughts on sermonic rally -- mark. thoughts on sermonic rally —— mark rowley and the challengese advantage for him _ spacing in london? clearly, the advantage for him is _ spacing in london? clearly, the advantage for him is the - spacing in london? clearly, the advantage for him is the mets i spacing in london? clearly, the - advantage for him is the mets starts from a low base. he has got further to go forward rather than backward, but on the other hand, as kevin said, it is a very big organisation, plenty of things can go wrong, however vigorous your control is, so that is the danger for him but on the particular issues, the met has got more police officers then it had ever had, so it is possible... some of these reductions have made it hard for them to do. when he was head of counterterrorism, he was always very keen then on the impact of community policing, in terms of gathering intelligence or in that case terrorist crimes that were going to happen, but the same applies to all forms of crime, that getting police officers close to the community, receiving contacts from them

the new commissioner sir mark rowley has promised urgent reforms.us. overnight tonight, after a warm evening, it is dry and it is clear, that cloud dissolving. temperatures dropping down to around 11 away from central london. in the city, around ia or 15 celsius. for tomorrow morning, saturday, of course, the high pressure is still with us. plenty of fine and dry weather through the weekend, but it is set to get much hotter. for saturday, sunshine and temperatures through the afternoon getting up to a warm, if not hot, 28 celsius. now for sunday, the high pressure continues to drift east. as it does so, it is dragging in much warmer air from the south. the met office has an amber weather warning in place for extreme heat. that is valid from sunday through to tuesday. temperatures on sunday, we are looking at 33, potentially 3a celsius. monday and tuesday, they are going to get much warmer. 38 celsius possible, but in one or two spots it could be a degree or two higher. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty mor