Video reports of al-Shabaab battles with Somali forces feature jihadist with London accent

Yesterday was a good day to slip out the news that David Cameron's chief of staff, Ed Llewellyn, is one of three special advisers working in Downing Street on a salary of £140,000 a year.

The heads of MI5 and MI6 are to be asked to give evidence in public at an inquiry into the alleged torture of British terrorist suspects.

The discovery of Osama bin Laden's hideaway in a city at the heart of Pakistan's military establishment today revived questions about alleged links between al-Qa’ida and elements in the country's security forces.

For 29 MPs, opposition to scrapping the first-past-the-post voting system is a matter of raw political survival, an analysis by The Independent has found.

Strong waves of anger and fear swept through Northern Irish politics and society after a young policeman was killed in a dissident republican bomb attack – evidence of their growing proficiency in creating such traps.

MI5 could have identified one of the July 7 bombers four months before the attacks on London had it acted upon new intelligence.

The security services missed an opportunity to identify the ringleader of the 7/7 terrorist attacks because a surveillance photograph of him which could have been shown to an overseas source was poorly copied.

MI5 today expressed "profound regret" for failing to prevent the 7/7 bombings.

An MI5 officer will not be prosecuted over claims he was complicit in the torture of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed.

Tensions were running high within the Coalition Government last night over whether to retain the control order regime for terrorist suspects.

An attack on Britain by "Irish-related" terrorists is a "strong possibility", the Home Secretary, Theresa May, said yesterday as MI5 raised the country's threat level.

An attack on Great Britain by Irish-related terrorists is a "strong possibility", Home Secretary Theresa May said today as the country's threat level was raised to substantial.

A British man has been arrested at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on suspicion of involvement in terrorism.