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Tory leader asks former spy chief to review 2012 security

12.10.09
David Cameron has commissioned a review of London’s £1.5 billion Olympics security operation by former intelligence chief Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, the Evening Standard has learned... more

Scotland Yard launch probe into MI6 torture claims

11.09.09
Scotland Yard launches new investigation into allegations of torture by British Intelligence officers operating abroad... more

MI6 boss says his spies have nothing to do with torture

10.08.09
Head of MI6 insists there has been 'no torture and no complicity in torture' by his secret service... more

Tackling the scourge of London’s gangs

10.08.09
Gang warfare in London has taken an even uglier turn: our report shows that increasing numbers of children are being caught up in turf wars... more

Look who is following the new corporate Tweeters

03.08.09
Twitter has been hijacked by the business world. But as these celebrities prove, we can be as fascinated with what companies are up to as they are with us.... more

MI6 chiefs to face tough inquiry over 7/7 attacks

07.07.09
The most far-ranging parliamentary inquiry into the 7 July bombings and other terrorist incidents in Britain was launched by MPs... more

With Facebook, even spooks are just like us

06.07.09
What's the Persian for schadenfreude? I don't know, but I imagine that in between cursing infidels, oppressing his people and grooming his silly beard, Iran's supreme lunatic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had a jolly good laugh at our expense this weekend... more

Attorney General bans book by former Yard anti-terror chief

02.07.09
The publication of a book by former top counter-terrorism officer Andy Hayman has been blocked by the Attorney General... more

Tony Blair was 'aware that British terror suspects could be tortured by US'

18.06.09
Tony Blair was aware of a secret interrogation policy that meant British citizens could be tortured during counter-terrorism investigations, it has been claimed... more

Bond girls' pay could remain an MI6 secret

15.06.09
Sexy, dangerous and willing is how James Bond liked his women - gender equality never crossed his mind... more

Terrorist suspects were on doomed Air France plane

10.06.09
Two passengers with names linked to Islamic terrorism were on board the Air France flight which crashed and killed 228, it has emerged... more

Former MI6 chief: Big brother society is eroding our liberties

01.06.09
The one-time head of MI6 says he worries about the "loss of liberties" in Britain in a powerful warning about the growth of a surveillance society... more

Brown fights back with code of conduct

01.06.09
As Thursday's European and local elections approach, the Prime Minister has proposed a legally binding "code of conduct" for MPs in response to the expenses scandal... more

MI5 fails to block book of secret wars

15.04.09
The intelligence services have failed in their bid to stop the publication in Britain of a book said to contain the names of as-yet unidentified officers... more

Yard to investigate MI5 torture claims

26.03.09
Scotland Yard has been called in to investigate whether British agents colluded in the torture of Binyam Mohamed... more

Welcome to the 100ft deep hotel

29.10.08
The man behind YO! Sushi is bidding to build a hotel and leisure complex in tunnels 100 feet below High Holborn... more

Do you know who's looking at your house?

28.10.08
From now on anyone in the world could take a slow sight-seeing "drive" down your street, with just the click of a mouse... more

The fantasy world beneath our feet

21.10.08
You know those dreams where you find yourself in a familiar house only it contains more rooms than you thought, and rooms come off rooms, passages open out into chambers and before you know it you have strayed somewhere else altogether?... more

Politics

08.10.08
The Tories are in the ascendancy and gaining influence. Already the key figures in Westminster and beyond are thinking about the post-Brown generation.... more

It's the dip that makes the trip for Duck tours

01.08.08
Within moments of turning off the Albert Embankment towards the murky windswept water, London Duck Tours' yellow vehicles are in it.... more

Spy chief in poison mystery

04.07.08
Britain's leading spy is fighting for his life after he mysteriously fell into a coma... more

Blazing saddles: Now Bond girl Gemma horses around with Jake Gyllenhaal

03.07.08
Gemma Arterton and Jake Gyllenhaal enjoyed horsing around as they polished their riding skills for their new movie Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.... more

Bond's back... don't expect to understand the title

24.01.08
The name of the 22nd James Bond film has been revealed as Quantum Of Solace, taken from an Ian Fleming short story.... more

Say it with a DVD this Christmas

20.12.07
Whether it's Bond, Borat or a seasonal classic, there's a wealth of choice for when the TV schedules let you down.... more

Where Vauxhall Virgins can lose their inhibitions

20.04.07
With several of its clubs boasting 24-hour licences, you can kick off in Vauxhall on a Friday night and still be dancing on Monday morning. Scott Manson picks the area's best venues.... more

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