MI5 faces ‘new era’ tackling terrorism and rise in state threats

Security Service chief Sir Ken McCallum said the ‘more hostile world’ had forced the biggest shift in MI5’s mission since September 11 2001.

One-in-five terror arrests last year was a child under 17, MI5 chief says

A new Interventions Centre of Expertise will manage threats in cases involving adolescents, mental ill health or other complex risks.
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Stella Rimington, first female chief of Britain's MI5, dies at 90

Aug. 4 (UPI) --Stella Rimington, the first female chief of the British Security Service MI5 and the first woman to "head any intelligence agency in the world," has died at the age of 90. Rimington, ...
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Stella Rimington, first British woman to become spy chief and M inspiration, dies at 90

LONDON (AP) — Stella Rimington, the first female chief of Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency and later a successful thriller writer, has died, her family said Monday. She was 90. The first woman to ...
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Former MI5 chief says Britain may 'already be at war with Russia'

A former head of MI5 has warned that Britain may already be at war with Vladimir Putin's Russia. Baroness Manningham-Buller argued that Russian espionage, covert operations and cyberattacks suggests ...