Boris Johnson is facing demands for an investigation today over claims he intervened to help a Russian newspaper owner get a seat in the house of Lords. Security services said granting a peerage to Evgeny Lebedev, the owner of the Evening Standard
KGB double agent living in North East where he still fears visit from Putin’s hitmen says West should have cracked down on Russia after novichok poisonings Victor Makarov attended the KGB spy school in the same year as Vladimir Putin He betrayed
Britain’s spies are being urged to consider their ‘white privilege’ and declare their pronouns as Europe descends into war. A leaked guide to improving diversity and inclusion in the security services suggests the agents should avoid gendered terms such as ‘manpower’. Spies are
From its hulking headquarters on the north bank of the Thames, MI5 strives to defend the nation from terrorists and spies. The agency has huge powers: to bug and snoop, and to recruit and protect informants. Yet in one vital respect, when
Afghanistan is a breeding ground for jihadis again just months after West’s withdrawal, MI5 chief warns Ken McCallum, Head of MI5, said he is concerned about ‘terrorist infrastructure and networks reconstituting’ in Afghanistan months after the West’s withdrawal MI5 is braced for
Half the latest recruits to MI5 are women… mirroring controversial 007 movie plots giving more power to female spies, agency’s boss says MI5 boss Ken McCallum said more than half of this year’s recruits were women In total, 47 per cent of
Last Christmas Eve, as Ken McCallum was watching It’s A Wonderful Life at home with his wife and children, he found himself blinking back a tear. It is, perhaps, a surprising revelation from Britain’s youngest-ever chief of MI5. But then this softly
The head of MI5 today lays bare the terrifying threat to Britain from hostile nations. Ken McCallum says ‘we are in a struggle here’ for our very way of life. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail, he warns Russia and
Live like James Bond! Industrial loft-style apartment in MI5’s old Birmingham office is up for sale for £950,000 with its own cinema room and private garage Stunning apartment housed in a former Birmingham office used by MI5 goes on the market for
There’s a rat on the phone line: MI5 spooks bugged 1980s reggae stars UB40 fearing they were plotting a socialist revolution, band’s drummer claims Jimmy Brown, UB40’s drummer, said spies were watching homes of bandmates Jimmy, 63, yesterday said he had no