The latest from Nasa is that the Discovery space shuttle is to return to Earth shortly after 1pm British time, landing at 1.12pm precisely. The mission has been one of Nasa's most fraught – the launch was delayed, damage in lift off necessitated in-flight DIY and the landing, originally scheduled for Monday, will be in California rather than Florida. The last re-entry ended with the disintegration of Columbia and the loss of seven astronauts, so Nasa will hold the celebrations until the spacecraft is safely at the Edwards air base.
Another re-entry (probable) is Omar Bakri Mohammed, the radical cleric who was today reported to have fled to Lebanon amid proposals to ban groups associated with him but has since said he is merely holidaying. There will be more here on Newsblog about how the story came out. Our politics correspondent, Matthew Tempest, has meanwhile rounded up reaction to special anti-terror courts under consideration at the Home Office and the probable impact on the traditional adversarial structure of the courts.
In other items, we will be reviewing reaction from around the globe on the record oil prices, the impact of Iran's decision to resume uranium enrichment as the UN's nuclear watchdog meets in Vienna, and plans for a London 2012 street Olympics. We're thinking skateboarding rather than dog-walking. We'll let you know what the organisers are thinking shortly.
