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UK terror watchdog warns national security plan ignores escalating online threats https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/02/reviewer-terrorism-law-government-failing-online-threat #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Counter-terrorismpolicy #KeirStarmer #Technology #Cyberwar #Internet #Politics #UKnews #Ofcom

‘More clowns than Billy Smart’s circus’ - Reform UK under fire as Kent council holds first full meeting since video leak – live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/nov/06/prisoner-release-david-lammy-latest-live-politics-news-updates #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Immigrationandasylum #Prisonsandprobation #Scottishpolitics #Preventstrategy #Localgovernment #Conservatives #RobertJenrick #Landownership #Climatecrisis #KeirStarmer #DavidLammy #Migration #Politics #Scotland #ReformUK

Minister demands overhaul of UK’s leading AI institute https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/04/minister-demands-overhaul-of-uks-leading-ai-institute-alan-turing #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Counter-terrorismpolicy #Defencepolicy #Technology #Computing #PeterKyle #Politics #UKnews

Frederick Forsyth, Day of the Jackal author and former MI6 agent, dies aged 86 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/09/frederick-forsyth-day-of-the-jackal-author-and-former-mi6-agent-dies-aged-86 #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #FrederickForsyth #Thrillers #Culture #Fiction #UKnews #Books #Film #MI6

Apple to appeal against UK government data demand at secret high court hearing https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/12/apple-to-appeal-against-uk-government-data-demand-at-secret-high-court-hearing #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Technology #UKnews #Apple

Extreme online violence may be linked to rise of ‘0 to 100’ killers, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/01/extreme-online-violence-internet-links-experts #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #UKcriminaljustice #Preventstrategy #Childprotection #Internetsafety #Youngpeople #Technology #Internet #Society #UKnews

‘Pick and mix of horror’ online pushes young people to violence, UK police chief says https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/18/pick-and-mix-horror-online-young-people-to-violence-uk #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Counter-terrorismpolicy #Preventstrategy #Internetsafety #Youngpeople #Socialmedia #Technology #Internet #Society #Police #UKnews

‘Minuscule’ amount of novichok could have been fatal, scientist tells inquiry https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/13/miniscule-amount-of-novichok-could-have-been-fatal-scientist-tells-inquiry #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Novichokpoisonings #SergeiSkripal #Worldnews #Science #UKnews #Russia #Europe

UK ‘desperately exposed’ to cyber-threats and pandemics, says minister https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/29/uk-desperately-exposed-to-cyber-threats-and-pandemics-says-minister #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Infectiousdiseases #Medicalresearch #Covidinquiry #Coronavirus #Cybercrime #PeterKyle #Internet #Politics #Science #Labour #UKnews

UK not heeding warning over China threat, says ex-cybersecurity chief https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/22/uk-warning-china-threat-cybersecurity-infrastructure #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Technology #Worldnews #Cyberwar #Hacking #UKnews #USnews #China

Terror watchdog condemns WhatsApp for lowering UK users’ minimum age to 13 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/18/terror-watchdog-condemns-whatsapp-for-lowering-uk-users-minimum-age-to-13 #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Chatandmessagingapps #Technology #Encryption #WhatsApp #Children #Society #UKnews #Meta

There is a far bigger threat to Britain than fringe extremists: Tory radicalisation | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/13/threat-britain-fringe-extremists-tory-radicalisation-michael-gove #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Counter-terrorismpolicy #Conservatives #MichaelGove #Politics #UKnews