41 h. ago Inside life of 'fantasist' who offered Tory Grant Shapps info to 'Russian spies'

Howard Phillips, who was caught by undercover British intelligence officers, was said to be 'an ageing man whose life had collapsed' after trying to sell Grant Shapps's personal information to pretend Russian spies

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43 h. ago James Bond ‘fantasist’ jailed for seven years for trying to spy for Russia

Howard Phillips was convicted of assisting a foreign intelligence service under the National Security Act

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44 h. ago Man jailed for seven years after sharing Grant Shapps’s details with ‘Russian spies’

Howard Phillips was looking for money when he offered his services to officers who were posing as agents, judge saysA man found guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service after handing over personal details of the then defence secretary, Grant Shapps, to two undercover officers he believed to be Russian agents has been jailed for seven years.Howard Phillips, 66, was convicted in July after jurors heard he had been seeking “easy money” when he offered his services to the undercover officers, known as Dima and Sasha. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago James Bond fantasist jailed for 7 years in UK for trying to spy for Russia

A British man who had aspirations of being James Bond has been jailed for seven years for trying to spy for what he believed to be Russian intelligence service agents

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45 h. ago Man jailed for seven years after sharing Grant Shapps’ details with ‘Russian spies’

Howard Phillips was looking for money when he offered his services to officers who were posing as agents, judge saysA man found guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service after handing over personal details of the then defence secretary, Grant Shapps, to two undercover officers he believed to be Russian agents has been jailed for seven years.Howard Phillips, 66, was convicted in July after jurors heard that he had been seeking “easy money” when he offered his services to the undercover officers, known as Dima and Sasha. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Grant Shapps says 'he put me and my family at serious risk' as ex

Howard Phillips, 65, told two MI5 officers posing as Russian agents that he wanted to work in intelligence to avoid a 'nine to five office' job after retiring aged 58 and clearing out his savings.

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45 h. ago ‘Fantasist’ jailed for seven years for attempting to help ‘Russian agents’

Howard Phillips was convicted of assisting a foreign intelligence service under the National Security Act.

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46 h. ago 'Russian spy' brit Howard Phillips who dreamt of being James Bond jailed

Howard Phillips was trying to pass on information to the Russians about Tory MP Grant Shapps when he was Minister of Defence and thought he was talking to agents from Moscow

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2 w. ago Kelvin Fletcher talks feeling 'vulnerable and naive' in huge move with wife and children

Former Strictly Come Dancing winner Kelvin Fletcher took a huge risk in allowing TV cameras into his family life after scrapping plans to move to California before Covid

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2 w. ago 'Silent killer' could lie in your home this winter and put your family at risk

The winter is fast approaching and, though it's a cosy time of year, Brits have been warned about a "silent killer" that could lie in their homes this winter. Don't let it put you, or your family, at risk

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3 w. ago The medieval skin disease surging through Britain: My mother caught it in hospital, and then it spread to my whole family

Initially Amanda Rushton thought the tiny bumps that suddenly appeared on her arms and side were nothing more than an allergy - but then within days she was hit by a maddening urge to itch.

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