Rishi Sunak is refusing to deny he will announce a general election after using a fall in inflation to argue that “there are better days ahead”. Follow for live updates here ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-nex…

NEW: Oxford Uni say Palestine protesters today engaged in “violent action” which goes beyond peaceful protest. This included “forcibly overpowering the receptionist” and accessing the VCs office, while she was on a call, “shouting and starting to barricade the doors”.

General election live: Tory MP Lucy Allan suspended for backing Reform candidate ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/uk/politics/ar…

Kyle Clifford has been apprehended over the crossbow killings of three women and is receiving medical attention after having been found with injuries. The Times and The Sunday Times thetimes.com/article/5f59e2…

🔺 Update: Huw Edwards, the former BBC News presenter, has pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children ⬇️ thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…

🔺NEW: Evan Gershkovich, the American reporter convicted of espionage in Moscow, is set to be freed in one of the most dramatic US-Russian prisoner swaps since the end of the Cold War ⬇️ thetimes.com/world/russia-u…

A High Court judge said she “stumbled into an alternative reality” when a former couple asked her to rule on whether two children exist. The custody case, the judge said, was “perplexing” and “unusual”. The Times and The Sunday Times thetimes.com/uk/law/article…

The police are bracing for more violent disorder this weekend as far-right activists prepare to hold rallies in more than a dozen town cities and towns across the UK. The government has warned protesters "we will be watching you." Follow the story here: thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…

Exc: video taken by a migrant in the Rotherham hotel showing a masked man drawing his hand across his throat. Migrants said they were “scared” as ten thugs marauded through the Rotherham hotel.