TODAY’S EVENTS

10am Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick appears before the London Assembly at City Hall to discuss policing in London in the wake of recent terror attacks.

11.30am State opening of Parliament at the House of Lords. The Queen formally opens the new Parliamentary session.

3.30pm The Edinburgh International Film Festival opens with the UK premiere of God’s Own Country, described as the British Brokeback Mountain.

6pm European premiere of crime comedy Baby Driver at Cineworld in Leicester Square, London.