National Security
Two women were prevented from boarding an airplane at Manchester Airport after refusing to go through airport body scanners.
Terror level in UK raised to 'severe'
The threat of international terrorism to the UK was raised from substantial to the second highest level of severe last night, meaning an attack is "highly likely".
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UK Prepared to Cut Trident Nuclear Submarines
Prime Minister Gordon Brown signaled that Britain would be prepared to reduce by a quarter the number of submarines that carry nuclear weapons if he can persuade other countries to cut their programs.
UK spy agency MI6 "not complicit in torture": chief
LONDON — Britain's foreign spy chief denied Friday that agents tortured terror suspects or that Britain colluded with countries that use torture.
UK drops terror alert level to lowest in 2 years
Britain's government reduced its terror alert level Monday to its lowest level since the July 7, 2005 bombings of the London transport system but warned that the threat remains serious.
The new head of MI6, Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, was at the centre of an embarrassing security row yesterday after it emerged that his wife had posted personal information and intimate family photographs on the internet.
MI5 'overstretched' before 2005 bombings
LONDON (AFP) — Security services lacked the resources to carry out extra checks on the man who would go on to lead the 2005 suicide bombings of London's transport system, an official report said Tuesday.
Terror bomb plot intelligence came from MI6's Pakistan operation
Key intelligence that led to security officials fearing a terrorist cell was to launch a large-scale bomb attack on British soil came from MI6 operations targeting Pakistan, the Guardian has learned.
UK troops begin Iraqi withdrawal
British forces will officially begin their withdrawal from Iraq on Tuesday as the UK's top general in the south of the country hands over to a US general.
'Activists' arrested under terrorism law
Police used anti-terrorism laws to arrest five people they suspect of planning to disrupt Thursday's G20 summit, it emerged yesterday.
UK won't discuss Falklands sovereignty with Argentina
Sovereignty over the Falklands Islands will not be up for discussion when Prime Minister Gordon Brown holds talks with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, Brown said on Friday.
MI5 faces new rules on terror interrogations
The government yesterday bowed to growing pressure over allegations of Britain's complicity in torture by promising to draw up and publish new guidelines for the security and intelligence agencies when they are involved in interrogating detainees ...
Corporals killed in vehicle blast
The Ministry of Defence has named the two engineer soldiers killed after their vehicle was hit by an explosion in Helmand Province in Afghanistan.
Ireland unites against the killers
An unprecedented denunciation of dissident republican terrorists is expected to unfold across Ireland today with thousands of protesters expected in rallies in the north while politicians in the south unite to condemn the Real and Continuity IRA f...
Threat from dissident republicans in Ulster 'highest for seven years'
Sir Hugh Orde has confirmed that the level of threat from dissident republican terrorism in Northern Ireland is currently the highest since he became chief constable seven years ago.
I was refused access to my MI5 file too
Eric Hobsbawm's MI5 file (Report, 2 March) has probably been destroyed. After the Home Office said (in January 2002) MI5 could not refuse to open personal files unless there was a national security risk, I applied to see the security service's fil...
Blair says Gaza crossings must be opened to assist rebuilding
Former Prime Minister makes first visit to territory since becoming envoy
We did hand over terror suspects for rendition, Hutton admits
The British Government admitted for the first time yesterday that it had been involved in "extraordinary rendition". The Defence Secretary John Hutton disclosed that terror suspects handed over to the US in Iraq were flown out of the country for i...
Recession fuels fears of a 'summer of rage'
More than a third of adults fear the Army will have to be brought in to deal with riots as the recession bites.