MI5 and counter-terrorism police will be "overwhelmed" if Sir Keir Starmer expands the definition of terrorism, a watchdog chief has revealed. Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of ...

Police could be ‘overwhelmed’ if the definition of terrorism is expanded, the terror watchdog has warned (Kirsty O’Connor/PA) Widening the definition of ...

The subterranean storage room, behind the 007 door, once functioned as a high security vault, containing identity papers and mission reports belonging to MI5 and MI6. While other rooms along the ...

BRITISH spies are being told to reel in their spending - and this is affecting operations for the first time, sources claimed last night. It follows revelations that bean counters are now ...

The files about royal art historian Anthony Blunt are among a trove from the intelligence agency MI5 released Tuesday by Britain's National Archives. They shed new light on a spy ring linked to ...

He also retained his job and knighthood for cooperation. In 1972, the Queen’s private secretary, Martin Charteris, told MI5 “the queen did not know and he saw no advantage in telling her about ...

Rookie wartime MI5 "watchers" were advised they needed to be prepared to offer a big tip if they had to tell a taxi driver to "follow that cab" when pursuing a suspect, newly declassified ...

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LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her longtime art adviser’s double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her worries, newly declassified ...