the new head of the met police, mark rowley, will take over on the 12th of this month. a wet start to the day across many parts of the uk, particularly northern ireland and south—west scotland. the rain is continuing to move north, coming to rest in the far north of scotland. we are left with cloud stretching down to central, southern england, could bring sharp showers. either side of that, sunshine. warmer than yesterday in northern ireland. cooler in northern scotland. the highest temperatures will be in eastern england. some further rain developing from the south again and pushing north across many parts of the country overnight. southerly breeze. a warm night as well. southern parts of the uk, no lower than 16, 17 degrees. the rain we start with across northern england and particularly scotland runs away. decent amount of sunshine tomorrow. sharp showers mainly in the south—east of england, and the south—west and south wales. a lot of places will be dry. warm in the sunshine. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the winner of the conservative leadership contest

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officers in the days ahead. just a quick word on the new commissioner, not many days into the job, mark rowleydifficult is it for him to come in and pick up the pattern, as it were, to make sure the funeral and the days leading up to the funeral pass off peacefully? it certainly wasn't what he was expecting. he had a plan to come in, a hundred days plan to start to lay out what he wanted to do, to start implement some of his reforms. that has had to go on the back burner. this is the priority, policing the funeral, and all of the other events around that. such a massive operation. his focus and his top team's focus will be on that. after that he can start to lay out his agenda. my goodness me, he has his work cut out. we know that. the metropolitan police has special measures, he's got to lift the force out of that, then he's got to try and tackle some of the systemic problems in the force around culture, violence against women and girls has got to be addressed, and claims of racism and so on. all of that, he has a lot of work to do, but the priority at the moment is dealing with the funeral.-

it's sir mark rowley�*s first day leading the force.y wants to make positive change has to listen to the sincere feelings that we have about how we've been treated for so long. come to the table, speak to us. the only way we're going to do this together. a senior met officer has said policing in the run—up to the queen's funeral will be a "hugely complex operation". hundreds of extra officers have already been called in — as thousands descended on the capital following the monarch's death. officers are likely to be managing crowds — many of whom are expected to be queuing for hours to pay their respect to the queen as she lies in state. so, this is a large policing operation. it's one that we are working closely, notjust with colleagues from across london but many others. and our role is to ensure this will be a safe and secure environment for people to pay their respects and to remember her late majesty the queen. next, two south london mps are calling for the suspension of the metropolitan police officer who shot dead an unarmed man i

priti patel wrote to the force's new commissioner, sir mark rowley, and stressed the need for reform.rt in a special concert at wembley last night, in memory of the foo fighters' drummer taylor hawkins, who died earlier this year. hawkins'16—year—old son, shane, played the drums with his dad's band, whose lead singer dave grohl paid his own emotional tribute. for those of you who knew him personally, you know that no—one else could make you smile or laugh or dance or sing like he could. and for those of you that admired him from afar, i am sure you've all felt the same thing. seeing and dance and laugh and cry and scream, and make some noise, so he can hear us right now. we've got a long report from that concert which is absolutely phenomenal, if you want to stick around with us, we will play it again to you after 8am, we will be on the news channel by that time. it is well worth watching. here's darren with a look at this morning's weather. so, has somebody been a bright and early to get that beautiful photograph?— early to get that beautiful photograph? early to get that beautiful -

commissioner sir mark rally, said it does not appear that this incident is terrorism —related —— mark rowley than one of those incidents, j that has been, sadly, more violent than most of those, so, - we don't think it's linked to the preparations for the funeral, and we have no reason to suggest it's- anything at all to do with terrorism. - we know that a taser was used, and that a man has been arrested on suspicion of gbh, and attempting to an assault on emergency worker. that man was taken to hospital. he has now been discharged and is in police custody. train drivers from 12 rail companies are staging fresh strikes on october 1st and 5th october, in their long—running dispute over pay. a strike that had been planned for the 15th of september was postponed after news of the queen's death. a strike by air traffic controllers in france has meant hundreds of european flights being cancelled, affecting thousands of passengers. many services which fly over france are affected by today's action, as well as some flying into and out of the country. more disruption is expected later this month. re

the new head of the metropolitan police sir mark rowley was himself on the mall this afternoon to seerson. he only started in the job on monday. for the next five days, the hundreds of thousands of people expected in london will need to be protected from petty criminals and also the risk from terrorism. and then on monday, at the funeral itself, police will need to protect kings and queens, emperors and princes, presidents and prime ministers. inside westminster abbey for the funeral will be the whole royal family, the president of the united states, the emperor of japan, and other high—risk vips like the president of israel. one official said it was like having 100 state visits all at the same time. the sheer scale of the crowds will test other services too, including the london transport system run by tfl who think millions may use their services over the next few days. i would say this is the biggest challenge that tfl has ever faced. obviously, we had the olympics in 2012, which was itself a huge occasion, but there we knew exactly what was happening and when it was happening and

the metropolitan police has a new commissioner today — sir mark rowley has promised to make reforms toople who know that something is wrong and don�*t report it face consequences too. plans are well under way for the queen�*s funeral next monday, and a senior met officer has said policing the event will be a "hugely complex operation". hundreds of extra officers have already been called in. they�*re likely to be managing crowds, with thousands of people expected to be queuing for hours to pay their respect to the queen as she lies in state. so this is a large policing operation. it�*s one that we are working closely, notjust with colleagues from across london but many others. and our role is to ensure this will be a safe and secure environment for people to pay their respects and to remember her late majesty the queen. london mps are calling for the suspension of the metropolitan police officer who shot dead an unarmed man in streatham. bell ribeiro—addy and harriet harman met with police to discuss the shooting of 24—year—old chris kaba. officers say the car he was driving was linked

and mark rowley, the new commissioner was the former head of counter terrorism from 2018.ng his way around an event like this, knowing what potential adversaries are thinking, this is what he's practiced for forever. >> one of the things i was struck by when i was there is not just a big police presence it's there were thousands of -- tens of thousands probably of i assume civilians in yellow vests who were sort of crowd -- to interact with the crowd and sort of keep things moving along, and they were spaced along the route that the queen's casket was going to take. maybe every 5 feet you would see these people, so it seems -- when you say the police force is only that size, they have clearly brought in a lot of civilians just to help with crowds and the like. >> and they've brought in police officers from every other police department in great britain and the united kingdom. so, you know, that's 50 departments have all contributed people. >> you also have this logistical challenge of, you know, elderly people waiting in line, elderly people along the route wanting to see

the new head of the metropolitan police sir mark rowley was himself on the mall this afternoon to seefor the next five days, the hundreds of thousands of people expected in london will need to be protected from petty criminals and also the risk from terrorism. and then on monday, at the funeral itself, police will need to protect kings and queens, emperors and princes, presidents and prime ministers. inside westminster abbey for the funeral will be the whole royal family, the president of the united states, the emperor ofjapan, and other high—risk vips like the president of israel. 0ne official said it was like having 100 state visits all at the same time. the sheer scale of the crowds will test other services too, including the london transport system run by tfl who think millions may use their services over the next few days. i would say this is the biggest challenge that tfl has ever faced. obviously, we had the olympics in 2012, which was itself a huge occasion, but there we knew exactly what was happening and when it was happening and how many people were attending. while much of

sir mark rowley who took over at scotland yard earlier this month said the organisation has been "farin our events that we did for rowing and judo. whenever i�*m in a pain cave, i always think about, yeah, my father, and my family, as well, and that i�*m doing them proud. and that, you know, the pain i�*m in right now is nothing compared to, you know, the pain that he was in. it�*s going to be a bit strange not to have him here, but i know he would be proud of what we�*re doing. best of luck to george and all those taking part. travel now and this is how tfl services are looking. there�*s no service on the elizabeth line between hayes & harlington and heathrow airport due to a signalfailure. tickets are being accepted on other routes. a good service on all other lines. now the weather with sara thornton. hello, there, a very good morning to you. a pretty cool start this morning, especially in our suburbs, temperatures in single figures. got another day with those blustery north—westerly winds. perhaps fewer showers, though, than we saw yesterday — there will still be some around, thou

the report comes just days after sir mark rowley took over as commissioner. of the issues the report highlights." the boss of transport for london, andy byford, is set to leave has role after just over two years. mr byford secured a long term funding deal for the tube last month and helped deliver the new elizabeth line after years of financial and operational problems. london assembly says they're "surprised and shocked at the announcement. " the london living wage will go up by 90 pence an hour to £11.95. the increase has been brought forward because of the sharp increase in the cost of living over the past year. 0ver140,000 people working for over 2,500 employers in london will benefit. now it's nearly the weekend, and so if you're looking for something to do that's free, a new sculpture trail has opened in regent's park showing nineteen separate pieces of art set in the grounds of the royal park. the frieze sculpture is now a summer and autumn exhibition — and open until november. it's our outdoor display of public art which is set here in the beautiful s

sir mark rowley, who replaced dame cressida dick as met police commissioner this month, has said hisbeen the reality. i know the public are intelligent and they know a massive organisation can never be perfect, but what they won�*t forgive us for is not being ruthless about rooting out those who let us down and we�*ve failed to do that and we will be doing that on my watch. let�*s talk to the assistant director of victim support, jeffrey di marco. thank you very much forjoining us. this is a very clear message about what sir mark wants to do. how do you think you need to bring about the changes he is speaking of? good mornin: the changes he is speaking of? good morning and — the changes he is speaking of? good morning and thank— the changes he is speaking of? (13mm morning and thank you for having me today. i will start by stating the obvious that these messages that were delivered by the new commissioner this morning were extremely powerful, extremely promising and from a victim support perspective, extremely encouraging and how sir rally intends to ensure all victims of crime will

king charles has also visited the new commissioner of the metropolitan police, mark rowley, this morning and also there was the mayor of london sadiq khan and suella braverman, the home secretary, who have quite an awesome responsibility over the next two or three days with over 500 due in london from 200 different countries, 20 royal is here. security at most. it may be one of the biggest security operation is the met police has overseen in many, many years. —— operations. queen elizabeth had a strong attachment to france, a country she visited many times and whose language she spoke fluently. france reciprocated the feeling. president macron said the french were grateful for president macron said the french were gratefulfor her president macron said the french were grateful for her majesty's deep affection for their country. she mastered our language, he said, "she loved their culture and she touched our hearts". hugh schofield reports from paris. in 1948 from paris. “11948 aged just 22 her majesty fell for paris and paris fell for her. on an official visit representing herfather, the

their respects to the queen received an unexpected royal visit rowley challenge has moved from london, tired and weary past the half way mark bark with many hours yet to go. it is at such a point in the queue to end all cues that you might expect spirits to sag the perfect moment then for this ah, chances reign. thus, for his surprise, many with its deft, common touch, seemingly in no hurry, the new king and his son walked the line, meeting, talking, laughing. with this, with the royal saying, thank you to the throngs, waiting patiently to say their thanks to the late queen with those in the right place at the right time. an extraordinary experience were just in the queue and then to be told, just stand here. it will be worth it and then we didn't really know what was going on. i began to to find out that king charles owens an offence when we're coming was just amazing upset young tired lounge totally thrills. and then if we happen the time, this is now gone. i started to kick in and now the spirits just lifted. everybody in the crowd. hell, tears while it was electrically, we're switching what a pleasure. and so good satan

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