The Latest Breaking News from MI5

Slow Horses is about to return for series 6 – here’s where to watch it

There’s not long to wait until the BAFTA-winning series is back on our screens

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2025

How to watch ‘Slow Horses' season 5 online — stream Gary Oldman-led show from anywhere

Gary Oldman returns as dishevelled MI5 agent Jackson Lamb in the hit thriller series. Here we explain how to watch "Slow Horses" season 5 online wherever you are.

Tom’s Guide · Sep 23, 2025

Slow Horses season five on Apple TV+ review: The silliest season yet — but is the fun finally over?

3/5 Season five of the Emmy award-winning spy series bursts through the starting gates, but ultimately fails to stick the landing

Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2025

Slow Horses author has just released the latest book in the series

The critically acclaimed TV show returns on 24 September

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025

The Defector: KGB agent's defection after Soho drink drive arrest changed the shape of the Cold War

The Evening Standard scooped the world in 1971 with the first and only picture of Russian defector Oleg Lyalin, who is now the subject of a compelling new book

Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025

Noteworthy and influential people who've died this year

August saw the death of Stella Rimington, the first female head of Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025

Iran betting Britain won’t pay for security as ‘reckless’ campaign pushes it to breaking point

The cheap trick that's breaking Britain.

We Got This Covered · Aug 11, 2025

Spy novelist Stella Rimington, the first female head of MI5, was a ‘true trailblazer’

Dame Stella Rimington, former director general of the UK’s domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, MI5, and author of several spy thrillers, has died this week, aged 90.

The Conversation · Aug 7, 2025

Remembering MI5’s first female director general and author Dame Stella Rimington

The former head of the British Intelligence service and author Stella Rimington was the first female (and publicly-named) MI5 chief, as well as the inspiration for Dame Judi Dench’s M in the James Bond films. She died aged 90.

Euronews · Aug 7, 2025

Stella Rimington, First Woman To Lead UK's MI5 Dies At 90

Stella Rimington, the first woman to head the UK's domestic secret service MI5, has died at the age of 90, the spy agency announced on Monday.

International Business Times · Aug 5, 2025