Gordon Brown faces a revolt by committee of parliamentarians that oversees Britain’s spy services for delaying an investigation into the handling of cases of alleged torture... more
Head of MI5 strongly defends work of the Security Service in the face of damaging accusations that it sought to cover up its involvement in the torture of detainees... more
By coincidence, the Mayor, Boris Johnson, has held an emergency summit with rail operators on the same day that a report on the Eurostar debacle at Christmas is launched... more
Backroom staff at 10 Downing Street denounced as 'incompetent' by former minister who said they fail to communicate Gordon Brown's strengths to the public... more
After the murder of five soldiers by the renegade policeman Gulbuddin, Gordon Brown is today making another speech to explain why Britain is in Afghanistan for the long haul... more
Gordon Brown warns Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai that the West could pull its support unless he tackled corruption and fast-tracked troop numbers... more
The situation in Afghanistan was brought into sharp perspective yesterday when we learned of the death of five British servicemen at the hands of one of the Afghan policemen they were helping to train... more
Gordon Brown's Afghanistan strategy faces an unprecedented challenge after a senior Labour MP broke rank to call for the phased withdrawal of British troops... more
A report on the intelligence relating to the 7/7 terror attacks will be published in less than two weeks, intelligence and security committee chairman Kim Howells told MPs... more
Two British Muslims cleared of planning the 7/7 bomb attacks on London were both jailed for seven years for conspiracy to attend a training camp for terrorists... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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