Sunday morning UK news briefing: Today's top headlines from The Telegraph

1. Liz Truss defies EU backlash over submarine pact with vow to fight for freedom

The new Foreign Secretary has waded into a major diplomatic row over Britain’s new security pact with the US and Australia, insisting that “freedoms need to be defended”.

Writing in The Telegraph, Liz Truss states that the Aukus agreement “shows our readiness to be hard-headed in defending our interests and challenging unfair practices and malign acts”, in a thinly veiled reference to China’s growing military prowess and aggressive approach to trade. Read the full story.

2. Prince Andrew is being failed by his legal team's strategy, fear courtiers

Royal courtiers fear the Duke of York is being failed by the strategy pursued by his London-based legal team, amid growing concern that his “wall of silence” is increasingly damaging the monarchy.

There is widespread unease about the tactics employed since he was accused of sexually abusing a 17-year-old, which increasingly appear to have backfired. Read the full story.

3. Will there be a winter lockdown? Experts set out three scenarios - the good, the bad and the ugly

Perhaps it betrays the UK’s approach to fighting Covid-19, but the only real question we Britons are asking at the moment is this: will there be another lockdown this winter?

On Wednesday, the Prime Minister set out a two-part “Autumn and Winter Plan”. Plan A relies on vaccines and booster shots to hold the virus at bay. Should that not prove adequate, Plan B would then be instigated “hard and early”. Read the full story.

4. Michael Gove makes Cabinet power grab with 'colossus of a department'

Michael Gove has dramatically expanded his Whitehall empire, emerging as the biggest winner of Boris Johnson's Cabinet reshuffle.

The full scale of the former Cabinet Office minister's new domain became clear on Saturday night as Downing Street announced the appointment of Andy Haldane, the former Bank of England chief economist, as a new permanent secretary in Mr Gove's former department. Read the full story.

5. How the Hairy Bikers helped Prince Philip become 'master of the barbecue'

Not for nothing was Prince Philip known as “master of the barbecue”. And the secret to the Duke of Edinburgh's success? According to his family: a love of cookery programmes, especially the Hairy Bikers.

The late Duke, loved-ones have said, was a “dab hand” at the barbecue, with his grandson the Duke of Cambridge joking he had never caused food poisoning in the Royal family. Read the full story.

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