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Slow Horses season six review – it gets harder to enjoy Gary Oldman’s spy thriller every year

The show’s creator has gone, it’s been retooled as a conventional thriller and it feels like it’s starting to run out of ideas – even if it’s as slick and confident as ever

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m fearless. I was in a boys’ rugby team’: Slow Horses’ Aimee-Ffion Edwards on playing a cocaine-snorting spy

She has played rugby for Wales, is putting a Welsh spin on Princess Leia and is returning to TV screens as Shirley, the explosive, traumatised MI5 agent. Why is Edwards so drawn to liars, crooks and sneaks?

The Guardian - UK

The Best Spy Thriller You Aren’t Watching Is Better Than Ever

'Slow Horses' reaches new levels of maturity and complexity in its sixth season.

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Sir Gary Oldman and Zendaya among Emmy nominees as The Pitt tipped for win

The award ceremony will be hosted by Mariska Hargitay on Monday night.

Evening Standard

MI5 boss: UK now faces ‘worst of both worlds’ 25 years on from 9/11

‘We must resist the temptation to admire the defences we built yesterday and instead build the ones we will need tomorrow’ - Sir Ken McCallum

Evening Standard

MI5 chief says Britain faces greater danger now than on 9/11

In an exclusive op-ed for The Independent on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Sir Ken McCallum warns that Britain faces the ‘worst of both worlds’ – as Russia and China pose growing threats alongside terrorism

The Independent UK

The MI5 chief is right: we must all take threats to our security more seriously

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Sir Ken McCallum, in an exclusive article for The Independent to mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11, issues a call to arms that must be heeded

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Manchester synagogue attack: ministers seek to block MI5 files from inquest

Government lawyers tell coroner disclosing intelligence would pose serious risk to national security

The Guardian - UK

This Week in History: The death of Princess Diana, an IRA ceasefire and Hurricane Katrina

Explore how major events between 31 August and 6 September were captured on The Independent’s front pages

The Independent UK

Who Is the Next James Bond? 6 Actors Shortlisted for the Iconic Role To Screen-Test in September

Amazon MGM Studios has shortlisted six actors for the iconic James Bond role, including Jack Barton and Paul Mescal. Denis Villeneuve is set to direct the new film.

International Business Times UK

The Schoolgirl Terrorist? review – by the end of this documentary you feel like you have sat through a nightmare

A vulnerable girl took her life at 16 having faced terror charges and online grooming by neo-fascists. The catalogue of failures by British authorities is utterly enraging

The Guardian - UK

‘No doubt’ PSNI and MI5 surveillance extended to other journalists, says Kearney

RTÉ northern editor Vincent Kearney said there was no way he was the only journalist in Northern Ireland being targeted in this fashion.

Evening Standard

Ex-BBC journalist awarded £20,000 after MI5 and PSNI unlawfully accessed phone data

Tribunal rules surveillance aimed at identifying Vincent Kearney’s sources was disproportionate and unlawful

The Guardian - UK

Ex-BBC journalist whose data was unlawfully gained awarded £20,000 in damages

Vincent Kearney, now the northern editor at RTÉ, brought legal action against MI5 and police forces at a specialist tribunal.

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The Independent UK

MPs told to build safe rooms at home by MI5 following Widdecombe death

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MI5 advises vulnerable MPs to build a safe room at home

The National Protective Security Authority handed updated guidance to individuals at high risk which included the recommendation that they set up a ‘safer area’ where they can take shelter

International Business Times UK

Why Is MI5 Being Accused of Lying to the Courts? The Neo-Nazi Informant Scandal Explained

A report reveals MI5 provided false evidence to UK courts to protect a neo-Nazi informant, leading to systemic failings and potential legal consequences for the agency.

The Independent UK

UK intelligence watchdog raps MI5 for lying to courts about a neo-Nazi informer

The British government plans to tighten oversight of MI5 after a report revealed the agency misled courts about a neo-Nazi informant

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The Guardian - UK

MI5 reprimanded for lying about ties with neo-Nazi informant who attacked girlfriend with machete

Watchdog’s review of case criticises handling of agent X, who exploited role with agency to threaten his girlfriend

The Independent UK

‘Serious failings’ at MI5 as home secretary Shabana Mahmood demands answers

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The Independent UK

MI5 slammed after ‘serious failings’ led to courts receiving false evidence

Shabana Mahmood has vowed to take ‘urgent action’ following a report published on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

Burnham hails Hillsborough law as ‘rewiring of the state’ as MPs approve bill

PM-in-waiting says bill is major step towards securing accountability families had fought for, in rare moment of Labour unity

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: The law that Hillsborough built – and the bitter final battle to get it through

In today’s newsletter: A new law criminalising public bodies and officials that lie to the British public is expected to complete it final stages in the Commons. Why did it take so long?

International Business Times UK

British Neo-Nazi Radicalised at 14 Tried Buying Gun From Undercover Officers for £3,500

Alfie Coleman, a British neo-Nazi, was jailed for 13 years after attempting to buy a gun for a planned terrorist attack. The case highlights the threat of online radicalisation.

The National (Scotland)

Young neo-Nazi who planned mass gun attack jailed for over 13 years

A YOUNG neo-Nazi who planned a mass gun attack has been jailed for 13-and-a-half years after he was snared by MI5 in an undercover sting.

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