The Latest Breaking News from MI5

Prevent under review after failing to stop Southport killer, who else did they miss?

Sir David Amess’ killer and the Reading terror attacker were also known to the government scheme

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025

Slow Horses creator wins crime writers award for ‘reinventing spy thrillers’

Mick Herron wrote the series of books centred on the motley crew of MI5 spies operating out of Slough House.

Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025

Expanding terror definition could ‘overwhelm’ police and MI5, says watchdog

Jonathan Hall has been tasked with reviewing the scope of terror laws in the wake of the Southport attack.

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

MI5 feared film star Dirk Bogarde could be target of KGB sting attempt

Newly declassified files show the actor’s name was on a list of ‘practising British homosexuals’ passed to the Russians.

Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2025

New spy recruits given advice on how to tail a suspect, MI5 files reveal

DO NOT use false beards, carry plenty of spare change for the tube, and if you have to tell a taxi driver to “follow that cab”, be prepared to…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 14, 2025

Scottish nationalists monitored by MI5 amid fears of help from France, files show

BRITISH security services were monitoring the Scottish nationalist movement – and feared the French government could be supporting it, newly…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 14, 2025

Queen left in dark after courtier unmasked as Soviet spy, MI5 files show

Queen Elizabeth was left in the dark for almost a decade over the full scale of the treachery of one of her most senior courtiers, according to…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 14, 2025

Actor Dirk Bogarde was ‘disturbed’ by KGB sting warning, declassified files reveal

MI5 told Bogarde in 1971 that he had been identified as ‘practising homosexual’ of interest by Russian spies

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025

Philby had to choose ‘between suicide and prosecution’ before 1963 defection

Files released by National Archives reveal moment double agent was confronted by MI6 officer Nicholas Elliot

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025

MI5 files suggest queen was not briefed on spy in royal household for nine years

Documents indicate monarch was informed Anthony Blunt was Soviet agent in 1973, though he confessed in 1964

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025