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Terror-accused teenager hailed balaclava-clad gunmen ‘coming to England soon’

Alfie Coleman was 19 when he was arrested by counter terrorism police moments after picking up a Makarov pistol and ammunition in 2023.

Evening Standard

I'm delighted Slow Horses has been renewed for season 7, but now I'm worried about the future of my favorite Apple TV+ show

Apple TV+ confirms Slow Horses season 7, but I’m worried – there’s only one Slough House book left to adapt.

TechRadar

Home Secretary: Government accepts court ruling on ‘serious failing’ by MI5

It emerged this year that evidence given by the security agency to an injunction hearing in 2022 was false.

Evening Standard

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MI5 apologises after spy gave false evidence about neo-Nazi informant

Intelligence official’s testimony about source who had tried to kill girlfriend with machete had been relied on in court

The Guardian - UK

‘Premature’ to decide whether MI5 should face contempt probe in BBC injunction case, judges rule

An injunction was granted in April 2022

The Independent UK

‘Premature’ to decide whether MI5 should face contempt probe, judges rule

MI5 previously said there had been ‘failings and errors’ in legal proceedings related to an alleged source accused of abusing two women.

Evening Standard

UK launched huge operation to find suspected Russian double agent in MI6

Exclusive: Operation Wedlock lasted up to 20 years and took MI5 teams across world amid panic about ‘another Philby’

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Neo-Nazi teenager snared by MI5 as he tried to buy gun for attack, court told

Alfie Coleman denies preparing acts of terrorism.

Evening Standard

Iran already carrying out ‘wholly unacceptable’ actions in UK, Reynolds warns

The Cabinet minister said the threat posed by Tehran in the UK could increase.

Evening Standard

The Scottish universities accepting millions from organisations linked to China

Scottish universities have accepted millions of pounds from Chinese organisations with alleged links to the military, human rights abuses and…

The National (Scotland)

OPINION - Battle of the spies: how Blaise Metreweli triumphed, and saw off her biggest rival, in the fight to lead MI6

Apart from the odd tiresome comment about being a “diversity hire” — the first female head of MI6, Blaise Metreweli, has had a smooth landing as the new “C” — Chief, replacing the affable Sir Richard Moore when he leaves the post in October.

Evening Standard

Who is Blaise Metreweli, first female head of Britain’s MI6?

A spook for over a quarter of a century, Metreweli was ‘Q’ at the spy agency. Now she’ll be known as ‘C’. Here’s why.

Al Jazeera

Quick Facts About Blaise Metreweli: Age, Career, Family, and Appointment as MI6 First Female Chief

Blaise Metreweli, 47, becomes MI6's first woman chief, bringing 26 years of intelligence expertise to tackle global threats.

International Business Times UK

Britain's MI6 appoints Blaise Metreweli as its first female chief in 116-year history

Blaise Metreweli, a Cambridge graduate who has worked in the intelligence service since 1999, will become the organisation's 18th leader.

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Blaise Metreweli appointed first ever female MI6 chief as Britain faces 'unprecedented threats'

She is currently Director General ‘Q’, responsible for technology and innovation at the Secret Intelligence Service, a role made famous by the gadgets chief in James Bond films

The Independent UK

MI6 gadget master becomes first female chief

Blaise Metreweli is succeeding Sir Richard Moore, who leaves this autumn after four years in charge

The Guardian - UK

Blaise Metreweli named as first woman to lead UK intelligence service MI6

Metreweli, 47, has held series of director-level roles in foreign intelligence service and in domestic agency MI5

The Guardian - UK

UK spy agencies too slow to realise CIA was mistreating prisoners after 9/11, government admits

Government acknowledges UK involvement in detention operations for first time in Guantánamo inmates case

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Thatcher, Farage and toe-sucking: Adam Curtis on how Britain came to the brink of civil war

Chaos, distrust and so many sex scandals … Ahead of his epic new series Shifty, the great documentarian charts the UK’s slide towards Whitehall’s worst nightmare

Evening Standard

20,000 Right-wing extremists in Alternative for Germany main Opposition party, warn spy chiefs

In Britain, MI5 is also dealing with a growing number of threats from Right-wing extremism

Evening Standard

Billy Boston set to become rugby league’s first knight in special investiture

Boston scored 478 tries in 488 matches for Wigan after making the switch from rugby union to league in 1953.

Evening Standard

Groomed terror suspect not treated as a ‘vulnerable child’, says her mother

Rhianan Rudd died in a children’s home five months after her terrorism charges were dropped.

Evening Standard

Opportunities were missed to save teenage terror suspect, says coroner

Rhianan Rudd died in a children’s home in May 2022, five months after terrorism charges against her were dropped.

The Guardian - UK

Claims that UK spy agencies aided CIA torture after 9/11 to be heard in rare trial

Cases filed by two Guantánamo Bay prisoners allege MI5 and MI6 were complicit in their mistreatment

Evening Standard

Slow Horses season 5: launch date and first images for the hit drama revealed

Jackson Lamb and his band of misfits are back for more

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