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MI5 wanted to use GERBILS to catch spies by smelling suspects' sweat as they were ...

The Daily Mail 20 Feb 2026
Ex-spy master Lord Jonathan Evans revealed that he personally read a classified dossier titled. 'Gerbils Use in Counterintelligence' ....
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Failed asylum seeker accused of fake dynamite alert at MI5 HQ

BBC News 19 Feb 2026
Julian Valente Pereira, 32, is accused of placing a mock explosive outside Thames House. .
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Failed asylum seeker left fake dynamite outside MI5 HQ, court hears

London Evening Standard 19 Feb 2026
Julian Valente Pereira, 32, is accused of mocking up an explosive device and leaving it at the central London office ... .
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Failed Brazilian asylum seeker is found guilty of leaving fake dynamite outside MI5 HQ after ...

The Daily Mail 19 Feb 2026
A failed Brazilian asylum seeker has been found guilty of leaving a fake stick of dynamite outside MI5 headquarters, just one day after being notified that he would be deported from the UK ....
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Foreign spies are watching you, Mi5 tells universities

The Daily Mail 10 Feb 2026
More than 70 vice-chancellors were called to a meeting with Mi5 last week and told to report foreign interference, intimidation and censorship from 'hostile states' to security services ....
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Universities told to report foreign interference on campus to MI5

BBC News 09 Feb 2026
Ministers say UK universities have become a .
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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews ITV1's Betrayal: Shaun Evans is riveting as MI5's handog spy who can't ...

The Daily Mail 09 Feb 2026
The one talent a British secret agent does need is an ability to lie. And Betrayal's John Hughes (Shaun Evans) doesn't seem to have it in him ....
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MI5 warns universities over threat from China

The Daily Telegraph 09 Feb 2026
MI5 has issued a warning to universities about the increased threat from China ... Alongside security minister Dan Jarvis, I convened senior leaders from over 70 universities for a briefing from MI5 director general Sir Ken McCallum.
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Kincora: British intelligence-run sex abuse brothel?

Scheerpost 08 Feb 2026
From the very beginning, hints began to appear that MI5/MI6 knew of the child abuse taking place Kincora, and could have even been running the group home as part of a dastardly intelligence plot.
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Why Endeavour and Vigil actor Shaun Evans is keeping his Liverpudlian accent for new MI5 thriller

Digital Spy 04 Feb 2026
Due to debut this weekend, the series sees the Endeavour and Vigil star play an MI5 officer who is given a tip off about an informant with the potential to bring down a Stockport gang.However, the ...
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Murder and MI5: How an extraordinary battle erupted over what the state keeps secret

BBC News 26 Jan 2026
Can the state, especially when it is implicated in killing, be trusted as the arbiter of what should remain confidential? ... .
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Murder and MI5: the extraordinary battle over what stays secret

BBC News 26 Jan 2026
Paul Thompson was shot dead while being driven home in a taxi through Belfast in April 1994 ... Paul was not specifically targeted ... But the British government and MI5 argued this would prejudice national security and mounted a legal challenge ... .
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The government must act now on biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse | Letters

The Guardian 26 Jan 2026
There is no justification to delay political action, say Dr Mike Barrett and Dr Steven R Smith, while Olivia Blake MP says the breakdown of nature is not a side issue that can be buried ... ....
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MI5 warning to Kow-tow Keir: PM gives China the go-ahead for super-embassy after security service ...

The Daily Mail 21 Jan 2026
The Prime Minister was accused of giving up national security in return for a better trading relationship with Beijing, after Labour granted planning permission for the alleged spy base ....
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