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The home secretary says the government accepts the high court’s ruling that an independent investigation should take place.
A ruling by London's High Court cited the domestic intelligence agency's failure to explain why representatives had ...
MI5's entire operational plan involved a sustained attempt to persuade me to stop doing a story by disclosing that X was an agent. Second, the report said "it was not MI5 policy to record all such ...
Government accepts court ruling on ‘serious failing’ by MI5 - It emerged this year that evidence given by the security agency ...
MI5 head Sir Ken McCallum said the Security Service would co-operate fully with the new investigation The High Court has ordered a "robust and independent" new investigation into how MI5 gave ...
MI5 could still face contempt of court proceedings over incorrect evidence provided in a bid for an injunction against the BBC pending the outcome of an investigation, judges at the High Court have ...
Britain on Sunday named Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer, as the first female head of the Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign spy service known as MI6.
Kincora abuse victim obtains settlement over MI5 agent claims Updated / Monday, 16 Jun 2025 12:51 Gary Hoy's legal action was resolved on confidential terms at the High Court in Belfast ...
MI5 apologised for providing 'incorrect information' to the High Court while handling a misogynistic neo-Nazi agent who allegedly attacked his girlfriend with a machete.
The MI5 officer looking into the Mitrokhin lead then discovered another problem – Norwood was still alive and living in a semi-detached home in London’s suburbs.
A victim of abuse at Kincora Boys' Home has received an undisclosed settlement after claims a paedophile housemaster was protected from being prosecuted due to being an MI5 agent. Gary Hoy, 63, sought ...