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FICTION: The eighth novel in Mick Herron's entertaining Slough House series involves sleuths, Russians, lost souls and tyrants.

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UK to reform spy laws to tackle threats from cyber and state influence

Britain will overhaul its espionage laws in the face of threats to national security ranging from cyber-attacks to pernicious lobbying that could undermine its economy, the country's interior minister said on Wednesday.

Reuters

MI5 asked police to spy on political activities of children, inquiry hears

Schoolchildren as young as 14 targeted in 1975 for links to ‘subversive’ anti-fascist and socialist organisations

The Guardian - UK

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How to watch Slow Horses with Gary Oldman online and on TV –all episodes available now, S1, S2, S3, S4

Gary Oldman leads an all-star cast in the new new Apple TV Plus series Slow Horses. Here's how to watch it free online with a 7-day Apple TV+ trial subscription.

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Tories ‘bending the rules’ after missing deadline for publishing Lebedev advice

Not releasing MI5 advice on granting peerage makes government look like it has something to hide, Labour says

The Guardian - UK

Chinese agents use drones to spy on UK nuclear bases, defence chiefs warn

The Sunday People uncovered the details under a Freedom of Information request which revealed 18 drone sightings at military sights in just two years - between 2019 and 2021

Daily Mirror

Evgeny Lebedev’s nomination for peerage ‘paused’ after MI5 advice

Appointments commission raised security concerns in 2020 but felt ‘bounced’ into approving him because No 10 pressed for it

The Guardian - UK

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'My father's dead body ruse sent Adolf Hitler on the road to defeat during WW2'

Jennifer Montagu, the daughter of intelligence officer Ewan Montagu, who was behind Operation Mincemeat, remembers how she was the first person he told when finally cleared to reveal details

Daily Mirror

‘I’ve killed him’: David Amess murder was last act of two-year plot

Ali Harbi Ali had long been looking for an MP to assassinate before stabbing Amess at church surgery

The Guardian - UK

Martyn Hett's dad tells of the moment his "world fell apart" in new documentary about the Manchester Arena bombing

Martyn Hett's father speaks movingly in a new documentary series ahead of the atrocity's fifth anniversary

Manchester Evening News

Attorney General wins bid to block BBC identifying 'MI5 informant'

Suelle Braverman sough the injunction to prevent the BBC from identifying the person known only as X

Manchester Evening News

BBC blocked from naming alleged MI5 informant accused of abusing women

Attorney general wins injunction to stop identification of man after arguing it would damage national security

The Guardian - UK

BBC blocked by High Court from reporting identity of ‘MI5 informant’

Mr Justice Chamberlain said a broadcast identifying the man, referred to as X, would create a risk to his life and harm national security.

The Independent UK

Attorney General wins bid for injunction to block BBC from identifying ‘MI5 informant’

Judge rules identifying ‘X’ could pose a threat to life

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

BBC banned from naming ‘dangerous extremist and misogynist’ as MI5 source

The BBC has been blocked from naming a “dangerous extremist” suspected of supplying information to MI5 who allegedly physically and emotionally abused two female partners.

The Independent UK

High Court to rule on bid for injunction to block BBC story over ‘MI5 informant’

Attorney General Suella Braverman is seeking an injunction to block the planned broadcast, arguing it would damage national security.

The Guardian - UK

Slow Horses review – Gary Oldman will give you deja vu

This thriller about washed-up spies is certainly tense, but it feels like we’ve seen the Tinker Tailor actor – and co-star Kristin Scott Thomas – play these roles before

Manchester Evening News

Didsbury Mosque responds to Manchester Arena bombing inquiry criticism

The bombing atrocity in May 2017 claimed 22 lives

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Daily Mirror

Labour launches bid to force ministers to reveal secret guidance on Evgeny Lebedev peerage

Angela Rayner will trigger a vote to get security advice published following reports the Prime Minister overruled concerns raised by MI5 and MI6

The Guardian - UK

Moon Knight to Slow Horses: the seven best shows to stream this week

Oscar Isaac is Marvel’s trippiest superhero to date, while Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas star in a new spy thriller about a motley band of MI5 outcasts

The Independent UK

Terrorists ‘still have evil intent to attack police’ as threat level is reduced

The terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland has been reduced from severe to substantial for the first time in 12 years.

The Independent UK

Northern Ireland terrorism threat level reduced for first time in 12 years

The threat level has been reduced from severe to substantial.

Manchester Evening News

For 196 days Arena families listened to harrowing evidence - the inquiry report must now be as brave

After 196 days, the public inquiry into the 2017 bombing atrocity has ended, with two reports awaiting publication

Manchester Evening News

Manchester Arena bomb inquiry: MI5 'failed to keep the country safe'

QCs acting for the bereaved families also accused MI5 of hiding behind national security and 'virtue signalling'

Wales Online

BBC Panorama: Parents of Manchester Arena attack's youngest victim Saffie-Rose Roussos ask why bomber wasn't stopped

'We spend three billion pounds a year in this country on counter-terrorism and that night it didn’t work'

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