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Day 2 at the Labour conference

29.09.09

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Protesters to gather for Gaddafi's UN visit

23.09.09

Protests will greet Colonel Muammar Gaddafi as he heads to the United Nations in New York where he will address the general assembly... more

Former Scotland Yard officer to train Gaddafi police

22.09.09

NEW: Retired police officers from Scotland Yard and Northern Ireland are to travel to Libya to provide training for Gaddafi's police forces at the public's expense... more

SAS soldiers who killed IRA men face re-interview

14.09.09

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Don't blame the PM for his Libya U-turn

07.09.09

Sometimes, the Prime Minister must get the feeling he simply can't win... more

Realpolitik? It's more like Road Runner

07.09.09

Watching the Prime Minister's handling of the al-Megrahi fiasco (I don't think it's too soon to call it a fiasco - it's already well on its way to becoming a "-gate") has reminded me of nothing so much as a Road Runner cartoon... more

Gaddafi's son pledges court fight over cash for IRA victims

07.09.09

Gordon Brown faced fresh embarrassment over Britain's links to Libya after Colonel Gaddafi's son vowed to fight compensation for IRA terror victims... more

Lives would be saved by learning lessons of Troubles

11.08.09

There are no better trained or motivated troops in the world than the British and like the rest of the nation I'm proud of the job they're doing in Afghanistan... more

The schools for scandal that should be brought to book

11.05.09

In December 1983, Philip Geddes was killed in the IRA bomb attack on Harrods. I was at school with Philip — he was in the year ahead of me. I still have some books bearing his signature that he handed on to me when he left ... more

Fifty Dead Men Walking is an explosive portrait of a traitor’s Troubles

09.04.09

The story of an IRA informant makes a hard-hitting thriller about the effects of war... more

Explosive portrait of a traitor’s Troubles

09.04.09

The story of real-life IRA informant Martin McGartland makes a hard-hitting thriller about the effects of war... more

Explosive portrait of a traitor’s Troubles

09.04.09

The story of real-life IRA informant Martin McGartland makes a hard-hitting thriller about the effects of war... more

Soldiers' bodies are flown home

12.03.09

The bodies of the two British soldiers shot dead in Northern Ireland by the Real IRA have been flown home for burial... more

Silent vigils as Ulster shows unity against dissident IRA killers

11.03.09

The people of Northern Ireland came together today in unprecedented unity against the men of violence... more

Widow of PC murdered by the IRA pleads: What did he die for?

10.03.09

The killers of a policeman lured to his death in an IRA splinter group trap were condemned as “traitors” to Ireland... more

The splinter groups linked to murders

10.03.09

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US must be told Ulster wants peace

10.03.09

As Northern Ireland responds to the first murder of a policeman for 12 years, only two days after two young soldiers were shot outside their Antrim barracks, the province's First Minister, Peter Robinson, and Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, travel to America... more

Penny-pinching at the MoD has stretched our army to breaking point

09.03.09

The shooting of two young soldiers at Massereene Barracks has brought back the spectre of war with IRA - something most of us might have thought long gone... more

Brown: Soldiers' deaths will not shake the peace

09.03.09

Gordon Brown has visited the place where two soldiers were murdered and declared the peace process was "unshakeable"... more

When will Sinn Fein condemn atrocity?

09.03.09

It is 40 years since a young Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness walked out of the old official IRA... more

'Normal life' deterred more suicide bombs, says Tube chief

29.01.09

The speed at which Londoners got back to normal life after the 7/7 bombings helped to deter further terror attacks on the Tube, MPs were told... more

National celebration day for armed forces and veterans

22.01.09

A new Armed Forces Day will be held on 27 June each year to honour all members of the services past and present, ministers announced... more

'Blackmail plot used IRA's name to demand Ł120,000'

07.01.09

Two former IRA prisoners tried to blackmail a pair of businessmen in Britain they accused of making Ł6 million by using the terror organisation's name during their dealings, a court was told... more

Tory schools chief in Croydon exposed as former IRA member

03.12.08

A London Tory councillor spoke out after being forced to resign following revelations she was a member of the IRA at the height of the Troubles... more

Is Sir Hugh Orde the man to restore confidence in the Met?

01.12.08

The Damian Green scandal has once again thrown Scotland Yard into chaos, bringing into question the suitability of Sir Paul Stephenson as front-runner for the top job. Now the focus shifts to a Met veteran with strong security credentials... more