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UK could target parts of Chinese state under new foreign influence rules

Exclusive: Government is weighing up security concerns against economic benefits of closer ties with Beijing

The Guardian - UK

Stranger than fiction MI5 tales revealed in first National Archives collaboration

From Guy Burgess’s briefcase to microdots secreted in talc, an exhibition reveals remarkable items from the agency’s archives – and the extraordinary stories behind them

The Guardian - UK

Classified files and MI5 spy artefacts to be exhibited for the first time

The exhibition will offer the public a first-ever glimpse into MI5's private collection

The Independent UK

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MI5 reveals never-before-seen spy secrets in National Archives Exhibition

Exhibits include Guy Burgess’s briefcase, which was left behind as he fled to Moscow, and a 110-year-old lemon used by German spy Karl Muller.

The Independent UK

‘A clever agent’: notes from ‘watchers’ of spy Kim Philby made public for first time

A new exhibition at the National Archives in London will reveal the extent of MI5 operation to expose the British double agent who was also Observer reporter

The Guardian - UK

Oleg Gordievsky: the spy who helped avert a nuclear war

The ex-KGB officer’s intelligence was crucial to Margaret Thatcher’s contacts with Mikhail Gorbachev, whose rise to power helped end the Cold War.

Evening Standard

Former KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies in Surrey aged 86

Soviet spy defected to Britain from Moscow under threat of exposure after supplying information to MI6 and MI5

The Guardian - UK

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Russian spy who was the highest ranking KGB officer to defect to Britain

The Guardian - UK

Schoolgirl accused of terror found intervention session ‘triggering’ – inquest

Rhianan Rudd, 16, had terror charges against her dropped five months before she died in May 2022.

Evening Standard

MI5 officers lamented lack of guidance in child terrorism cases, emails reveal

Officer investigating Rhianan Rudd, 16, who killed herself, tells inquest of rise in vulnerable teens with far-right views and no national strategy

The Guardian - UK

Girl, 16, accused of terror investigated by MI5 until death, inquest told

Rhianan Rudd, 16, was charged with terror offences after saying she wanted to blow up a synagogue.

The Independent UK

‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Bulgarian spies reveal changing nature of Russia terror threat

‘Extremely sophisticated operation’ uncovered on UK soil forms part of an emerging trend across Europe

The Independent UK

Schoolgirl accused of terrorism ‘thriving’ in weeks before death, inquest told

Rhianan Rudd, 16, died at a children’s home in May 2022 around five months after her terror charges were dropped.

Evening Standard

Inquest into death of teenage girl charged with terror offences to begin

Rhianan Rudd, 16, was found dead at a children’s home in May 2022, five months after terrorism charges against her were dropped.

The Independent UK

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What Hi-Fi?

Now Showing: 7 discs we’ve been using to test out the latest TV and AV kit

This is what the What Hi-Fi? team have been watching to put TV and AV kit to the test

The Independent UK

Alleged abuse victim of suspected MI5 informant ‘calls for apology’

It comes after MI5 apologised unreservedly for providing ‘incorrect information’ to the High Court.

The Guardian - UK

MI5 gave courts false evidence about ‘abusive’ neo-Nazi agent, judge rules

Informant on far right was alleged to have attacked his partner but claimed his status put him above the law

The Independent UK

MI5 admits it ‘misled’ High Court over alleged abusive Security Service informant

The secret service misled the court while defending its handling of an allegedly misogynistic neo-Nazi state agent who attacked his girlfriend with a machete

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The National (Scotland)

MI5 lied to multiple courts to protect identity of 'abusive' neo-Nazi spy

MI5 lied to multiple courts amid the Attorney General’s bid to prevent the BBC from identifying a suspected Security Service informant, a judge…

The Independent UK

Judge ‘misled’ in bid for injunction over BBC reporting of alleged MI5 informant

Then-Attorney General Suella Braverman sought the injunction at the High Court in 2022.

The Guardian - UK

‘They deep-fried my head!’ Stars of Succession, The Sopranos, Spooks and more on their shocking TV deaths

How does it feel to be brutally killed off on screen? Actors from hit shows including Buffy, Line of Duty and Cucumber relive their shootings, stabbings, bludgeonings by golf club – and worse

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - UK

Call for ‘censorship culture’ to end as Unity Mitford’s German diary is revealed

Extracts from Mitford’s papers published but many more archives concerning British fascists remain concealed

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