MI5 has apologized and paid compensation to a woman, known as Beth, who alleged the Security Service was responsible for her being attacked with a machete and abused by an agent who claimed his status made him untouchable.

MI5 will pay compensation to a woman who was abused by a neo-Nazi agent, following a BBC investigation four years ago that revealed the agent exploited his security service role.

The head of MI6, Blaise Metreweli — the first woman to lead British foreign intelligence — is due to travel to Cyprus on Friday to meet President Nikos Christodoulides at the Presidential Palace. MI6, which gathers intelligence abroad, is distinct from MI5, Britain’s domestic security agency. The meeting, scheduled for 9am, comes days after an […]

A tribunal was told that former BBC Northern Ireland correspondent Vincent Kearney was subjected to an 'unprecedented' and 'long and consistent campaign of unlawful interference' by Police and MI5.

Following a lengthy investigation, MI5 has offered a financial settlement to a woman abused by a former intelligence agent, admitting to errors in record-keeping and presenting incorrect evidence.

A former government IT contractor, Juan Joseph, 42, has been accused in court of breaching Official Secrets and National Security Acts by leaking information to a foreign state.

Valdo Calocane approached security at Thames House in 2021 but did not meet threshold for further assessment, public inquiry told A man who killed three people during a 2023 knife attack in Nottingham had attempted to hand himself into MI5 for arrest two years earlier, an inquiry has heard. Valdo Calocane, 34, fatally stabbed Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber, both 19, and Ian Coates, 65, during a stabbing spree in the city on 13 June 2023. Continue reading...

Northern Ireland journalist Vincent Kearney was wrongly labeled a 'suspect' in a criminal investigation, leading to the PSNI and MI5 unlawfully obtaining his phone data and compiling a detailed intelligence profile on him.

MI5 is set to pay compensation to a woman who was abused by one of its neo-Nazi agents, following a BBC investigation four years ago that revealed the agent used his security service role to abuse his partner.

In this week’s newsletter: From nature projects to biodiversity funds, key programmes will suffer as the UK aims to lower its international climate finance commitments by billions The UK’s spy chiefs are accustomed to being listened to at the highest levels of government. Prime ministers and cabinets take notice when the joint intelligence committee (JIC), which directs MI5 and MI6, warns of threats to national security. Except, it seems, when it comes to the future of the planet. Last year t...

RTÉ Northern Editor Vincent Kearney is seeking 'substantial' damages after his communications data was unlawfully obtained by MI5 and other agencies while he worked at the BBC, a specialist tribunal has been told.

MI5 and the PSNI have admitted to accessing Vincent Kearney’s communications data during his time with the BBC.