In today’s newsletter: From a drop in inflation, to Cameron’s cancelled sojourn to Tirana. Now can Rishi Sunak persuade people that being ‘back to normal’ is enough?• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. Poor Oliver Dowden. There he was, gearing up to launch a cheery campaign advising people to stockpile tinned meat and...

Lynn’s lawyer says accused – who has pleaded not guilty to murder – committed ‘terrible acts’ to evade policeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe jury in the double murder trial of a former airline pilot has been shown photos of a crime scene where he burned...

Labor environment minister overheard saying ‘Don’t say anything horrible about James Paterson’ during Liberal senator’s interview. Follow liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEd Husic details government’s new battery strategyThe industry and science minister, Ed Husic, has been speaking to ABC RN about the government’s...

Former NSW One Nation leader’s barrister argues homophobic tweet may have hurt Alex Greenwich but ‘it didn’t wound his reputation’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLawyers representing the former New South Wales One Nation leader Mark Latham have told a court...

Demos report come after two ministers publicised unverified claims about low-traffic neighbourhood schemes Politicians should be subject to stricter rules on spreading disinformation or wild claims for which there is scant evidence, the thinktank Demos has urged, after senior members of the UK government repeated conspiracy theories on 15-minute cities.Parliament’s...

Architectural gem has twice been badly damaged by fire and rebuild has suffered a string of setbacksThe responsibility for restoring Glasgow’s Mackintosh building should be taken out the hands of the city’s art school and placed with an independent body, according to leading architects, politicians and heritage experts who have expressed dismay at the...