in the force. joining me now is former deputy assistant commissioner at the metropolitan police, stephen roberts. stephen, thanks for being with us. what is your reaction to this news last night? i what is your reaction to this news last niuht? ~ .,, ., , last night? i think it was a very sad end to last night? i think it was a very sad end to somebody - last night? i think it was a very sad end to somebody who - last night? i think it was a very sad end to somebody who has| last night? i think it was a very - sad end to somebody who has given 40 years of very distinguished police service to the public of london and indeed to the public of the country. her departure will make, or will not make, the world a safer place. it will destabilise the met and frankly she has been dealt with in a very unprofessional, rude fashion. bi; unprofessional, rude fashion. by who? by the mayor of london are you saying? ba; who? by the mayor of london are you sa in: ? , who? by the mayor of london are
importance is now to the present. the importance of is now to the present. the importance of the - is now to the present. the importance of the job, - is now to the present. the importance of the job, not running london s pleasing, but a national security role and a role in preventing terrorism. it is national-security role and a role in preventing terrorism. preventing terrorism. it is a national role, preventing terrorism. it is a national role, the preventing terrorism. it is a national role, the most - preventing terrorism. it is a i national role, the most senior police officer in the country, for that very reason, not only about london, about coordinating national policy when comes to counterterrorism, protection too. that is why it is the responsibility of the home secretary to appoint the commissioner, not only the mayor of london. . ~ commissioner, not only the mayor of london. ., ~ , ., commissioner, not only the mayor of london. . ~ , ., , commissioner, not only th
still be allowed to go into the country, into spain, from monday the 14th. country, into spain, from monday the 14th. cove it. as long as they present a negative pcr test taken within 72 hours of arrival into spain. so that is good news for anyone who is planning to take their children to spain or wants to go to spain with their children. the requirement that they had to be double vaccinated has now been dropped. 12 to 17 year olds who haven t been vaccinated against covid can still go to spain from next monday, as long as they present a negative pcr test. that is the very latest, we will get more news on that as it comes into us. more now on our top story, as the search begins to replace britain s top police officer. dame cressida dick announced last night that she ll stand down as metropolitan police commissioner, after the mayor of london sadiq khan said he had lost confidence in her ability to tackle failings
they have no wood to build no fishing boats. it was a total disaster. so, you know, isee is very similar to what we are doing now really. we are also polluting the planet as well as using up all the planet as well as using up all the resources. the resources. there is now a worldwide the resources. there is now a worldwide community - the resources. there is now a worldwide community using l the resources. there is now a - worldwide community using social media to map new fines, tracy has even written a book of what has been washed up. finding that first lego brick the start of her piecing together how plastic stays in our seas and always hoping in the seaweed somewhere a green dragon will finally surface. andrew plante, boots news. where we can go to andrew live on porth beach. it is such a beautiful
so all of that is contributing to a higher price level and a lot of people are wondering just how high of arrays they would need this yearjust to keep up. and the predictions are dated get as high as 7%, even higher, so a national growth would be 5%, they revised it down to 3.75%. there was good news from 2021, higher growth than expected, a tricky year ahead for most households where their wages will not be keeping up with price increases. the defence secretary, ben wallace, will meet his russian counterpart in moscow later, as part of diplomatic efforts to lower tensions on ukraine s border. russia denies that it s planning to invade ukraine, despite the huge build up of more than a hundred thousand troops in the region.