Calls for MI5 probe into leak of Matt Hancock footage

Calls for MI5 probe into leak of Matt Hancock footage: Henry Jackson Society leads demands for urgent inquiry amid fears for security in Whitehall Think tank calls for MI5 to investigate where footage of Matt Hancock came from Henry Jackson Society said leak of the footage ‘suggests a security breach’  The images of Mr Hancock … Read more

MI5 reveals application letters it has received from children

‘Can I be a spy? I might only be 10 but I can fit in small spaces and run fast’: MI5 reveals application letters it has received from children who want to be mini James Bonds MI5 released series of job application letters they have received from children One child claimed in their comical letter that … Read more

How Dominic Cummings was fingered by MI5 WhatsApp probe over ‘Chatty Rat’ leak

How Dominic Cummings was fingered by MI5 over ‘Chatty Rat’ leak: Probe by security services into WhatsApp messages sent after key top-level meeting ‘show ex-aide was responsible’ claim opponents By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 12:22 BST, 25 April 2021 | Updated: 12:35 BST, 25 April 2021 Dominic Cummings was fingered as the … Read more

Instagram goes inside MI5: Spies post first picture on social media platform 

MI5 has shared a picture from the lobby of its London headquarters in its first post on Instagram. The secret service uploaded a shot of the inside of Thames House on Millbank on Thursday afternoon. It said @mi5official will ‘bust popular myths about its work, provide explainers for intelligence terminology, promote career opportunities and bring … Read more

Former MI5 chief in charge of ‘Operation Forth Bridge’

Former MI5 chief in charge of ‘Operation Forth Bridge’: Lord Parker of Minsmere will oversee Prince Philip’s funeral planning just ten days into his new job Lord Parker of Minsmere will play a key role in Operation Forth Bridge He was Lord Chamberlain of Household after serving as MI5 Director-General  Guided MI5 through series of Islamist … Read more

Family anger over MI5 bid to keep terror attack evidence secret

Secret evidence could shed light on whether MI5 and police failed to prevent the Fishmongers’ Hall attack, a court has heard. Cambridge University graduates Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, were killed by convicted terrorist Usman Khan at a prisoner rehabilitation event near London Bridge on November 29 2019. Khan, 28, who was armed … Read more

MI5 cannot stop another Salisbury-style attack because it’s easy to smuggle poisons, spy warns

MI5 cannot stop another Salisbury-style attack because it’s easy to smuggle Russian poisons into Britain, serving spy warns Kremlin continues to take ‘active interest’ in certain people in UK, spy revealed   MI5 ramped up security for former KGB agents living in Britain after attack But officer warned: ‘I cannot say with certainty that we are … Read more

MI5 ‘had intelligence the London Bridge terrorist was planning an attack’ before rampage

MI5 had intelligence the London Bridge terrorist was plotting an attack before his release from prison, a court has heard. Convicted terrorist Usman Khan, 28, killed Cambridge University graduates Saskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25, during a prisoner rehabilitation event near London Bridge on November 29 2019. Khan, who was armed with two knives … Read more

Queen names ex-head of MI5 Andrew Parker as most senior member of her Royal household

Queen names ex-head of MI5 Andrew Parker as most senior member of her Royal household Baron Parker of Minsmere will take up new role as Lord Chamberlain on April 1 He will succeed Earl Peel, 73, who is retiring after more than 14 years in the post  Baron Parker served as director general of the MI5 … Read more

MI5 burgled my flat in hunt for mole, says former Plaid Cymru MP Elfyn Llwyd

MI5 burgled my flat in hunt for mole who handed me secret documents, says former Plaid Cymru MP Elfyn Llwyd Elfyn Llwyd found hole cut in his bathroom ceiling and paper taken from his flat  Documents marked ‘from a friend’ enabled him to embarrass John Redwood Break-in of Plaid Cymru MP’s home happened during John Major’s … Read more