UK security and counter-terrorism
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Backlog of holidaymakers and lorry drivers as Kent police close one lane of A20 to allow coastguard to distribute water
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Letters: The proposed legislation sanctions the mass collection of citizens’ telephone and email data – something that is both ineffective and, as we now know, unlawful
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Home secretary tells Commons policing policies for big gatherings are under review, with one focus on risk of vehicle attacks
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Marginalisation - poverty, inequality, and the consequencies of climate change
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Head of review into prisons in England and Wales says hardcore jihadis need to be ‘incapacitated from proselytising’
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Rights Watch UK says scheme could prove counterproductive in classrooms, as Ofsted warns of lack of compliance by colleges
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Number of referrals to government’s counter-terrorism scheme has tripled on 2014, as schools now have legal duty to act
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Under counter-terrorism laws, educators must report potential radicalisation, but does the programme deter free, open debate?
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City at centre of ‘Trojan horse’ scandal hits back after Ofsted head says Birmingham, Bradford and Luton are areas of ‘concern’
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Watchdog reveals for first time number of orders imposed on telephone and internet firms under Telecommunications Act
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As the Chilcot report is released, the war’s toxic legacy – hateful sectarianism, the rise of al-Qaida and Isis – is still generating headlines 13 years on
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Documents released as part of Chilcot report make clear security services’ concern over jihadi groups
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In one case, Chilcot finds, British only became suspicious of source when tipoff proved similar to The Rock movie scenario
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Chilcot report into Iraq war tells how intelligence agency feared a source’s information had been lifted from Hollywood thriller featuring Nicolas Cage
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Chilcot criticises UK intelligence services for persisting in misguided belief Iraqi leader had weapons of mass destruction
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27% of senior roles at MI5 and 20% at MI6 held by women but none by people from black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds
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We look back at the events that led to an invasion widely regarded to be Britain’s biggest foreign policy mistake since the 1950s Suez crisis
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Following the Istanbul attack, intelligence and security should be reviewed of course – but turning inwards is not an option
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Angela Merkel’s cabinet signs off on reforms to keep country’s foreign intelligence agency on tighter leash
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Government spends millions to keep ex-home secretary out of court
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After officer’s asbestos-linked death, police seek people who helped in aftermath of IRA attack aimed at Margaret Thatcher
Bulk data collection only lawful in serious crime cases, ECJ indicates