The Latest Breaking News from MI6

Putin has 1,000 spies in Britain hiding behind normal jobs from teachers to baristas

Russia's spies, handled by SVR, the Kremlin’s version of MI6, have even infiltrated high levels of government, experts say. Calls are being made for the public to be warned of the insider threat

Daily Mirror · Nov 12, 2022

The intriguing and heart-warming story of the isolated mountain railway cottage almost lost forever

From a musical icon to a double-agent spy to a characterful couple whose ashes were scattered at the site - this remote cottage has welcomed them all to its amazing story that almost ended in dereliction

Wales Online · Nov 12, 2022

Foreign Secretary must fight for Jagtar Singh Johal's freedom over trade deal, MP says

THE UK Foreign Secretary must declare a Scot who was jailed in India five years ago is being unlawfully detained and pledge to prioritise his…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 4, 2022

'Killer robots' will be nothing like the movies show – here's where the real threats lie

You might suppose Hollywood is good at predicting the future. Indeed, Robert Wallace, head of the CIA’s Office of Technical Service and the US equivalent of MI6’s fictional Q, has recounted how Russian spies would watch the latest Bond movie to see what technologies might be coming their way.

The Conversation · Oct 16, 2022

New Cold War papers show just how far Britain has come on LGBT issues

Today MI5 is releasing a massive number of its historical files into the National Archives at Kew. Among them are papers telling for the first time the inside story of its investigation of John Vassall — the notorious KGB spy in the Admiralty until his arrest in 1962.

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2022

UK spy chief says China's tech aims are a 'threat to us all'

The head of Britain’s cyber-intelligence agency is accusing China of using its economic and technological clout to clamp down at home and exert control abroad

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022

What happened to Gareth Williams? Mysterious death of 'brilliant' MI6 agent found in bag

M16 agent Gareth Williams was found dead in a bag inside his flat in 2010. Here's everything we know about Gareth Williams' life, his mysterious death and revelations from the inquest as Channel 5 documentary The Body In The Bag airs

Daily Mirror · Oct 5, 2022

Welsh spy whose body was found in a bag was killed by the Kremlin, claims ex MP

The death of Gareth Williams has remained a mystery ever since the spy's body was found naked in a bag padlocked from the outside

Wales Online · Oct 5, 2022

Revealed: the secret British plan to keep Italy’s communists from power

Newly declassified files expose the Foreign Office’s dirty tricks campaign to influence the knife-edge 1976 election result

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

‘Speculating about Bond is a national hobby’: Why 007’s fate is now in Kim Sherwood’s hands

With her electrifying new thriller ‘Double or Nothing’, the 33-year-old becomes the first female author to pick up Ian Fleming’s mantle. She talks to Kevin E G Perry about Britishness, the power of myth, and test-driving sports cars

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2022