Sir Paul Stephenson is to become the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner, BBC News understands.
Sir Paul, who was deputy to the previous chief Sir Ian Blair, was chosen ahead of Sir Hugh Orde, the Chief Constable for Northern Ireland.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith made the decision but conducted interviews with London Mayor Boris Johnson, whose backing the new chief requires. Sir Ian quit as Met chief, saying he did not have the mayor's support

We have a new police commissioner. Hopefully with a new commissioner comes greater control on crime.
Then again, Jacqui Smith made the decision and she is possibly the worse Home Secretary we have ever had...
So, what do you think?