24 h. ago Moment 'Russian spy' drops off USB stick in plot to leak sensitive details about Grant Shapps is shown in court

Howard Phillips, 65, of Harlow in Essex, is on trial over allegedly intending to assist the Russian Intelligence Service by helping people he believed were agents working for Moscow.

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41 h. ago 'Russian spy', 65, accused of trying to share details about Sir Grant Shapps tells court he was trying to EXPOSE Putin's agents, not help them

Howard Phillips, 65, of Harlow in Essex, is on trial over allegedly intending to assist the Russian Intelligence Service by helping people he believed were agents working for Moscow .

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42 h. ago Man accused of plot to share Shapps details says he wanted to ‘expose’ Russian spies

Howard Phillips tells court he hoped to ‘trap’ agents by offering information about the then defence secretaryA man accused of attempting to hand over the personal details of the then defence secretary, Grant Shapps, to Russian intelligence officers has told a court he was actually trying to “expose” the agents.Howard Phillips, 65, was charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service after passing a USB stick containing details relating to Shapps including his home address and the location of his private plane to undercover officers, who prosecutors say he believed to be Russian spies. He previously pleaded not guilty to the charge. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Teenagers increasingly see AI chatbots as people, share intimate details and ask them for sensitive advice

Internet Matters warned that youngsters and parents are 'flying blind', lacking 'information or protective tools' to manage the technology, in research published yesterday.

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4 d. ago Photos 'show moment alleged Russian spy dropped off USB stick in plot to leak sensitive details about ex

Phillips wanted to 'offer services' to Russian intelligence but the two handlers he corresponded with were British undercover security services agents, jurors have been told.

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5 d. ago Brit wanted to be Russian spy because he was fed up of the 9 to 5

Howard Phillips, 65, from Harlow in Essex, boasted holding 'useful' information on then-Defence Secretary Grant Shapps saying that he knew him personally, the court was told.

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6 d. ago 'Russian spy', 65, planned to tell Moscow about former defence secretary Sir Grant Shapps' private plane, home address, and phone number, court hears

Howard Phillips, 65, from Harlow in Essex, is on trial over allegedly intending to assist the spy network by helping people he believed were agents working for Moscow .

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6 d. ago Man accused of assisting Russia ‘planned to pass on Grant Shapps information’

Howard Phillips is on trial over allegedly intending to assist the RIS by helping people he believed were agents working for Moscow.

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6 d. ago Man passed details on minister to police posing as Russian spies, UK court told

Howard Phillips gave information on then defence secretary Grant Shapps for ‘easy money’, prosecutor saysA retired man passed on the personal details of the then defence secretary, Grant Shapps, to two undercover police officers, believing them to be Russian intelligence operatives, for “easy money”, a court has heard.Howard Phillips, 65, was struggling financially and in the process of applying for a job at UK Border Force when he was approached by the undercover officers, who were posing as Russian agents called Dima and Sasha, Winchester crown court heard. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Moment British gang backed by Russian terrorists Wagner Group film themselves setting fire to London warehouse in bid to destroy vital equipment bound for Ukraine

This is the moment a gang of British men recruited as guns for hire by Russia's Wagner mercenary group firebombed a warehouse in London as part of a chilling sabotage campaign

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1 week ago Moment Royal Navy warship and helicopters shadow a Russian submarine as it glides past the English coast

The RFN Novorossiysk, a heavily-armed Kilo-class sub, was detected as it made its way west through the North Sea and into the English Channel .

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2 w. ago Moment Putin's 'suicide bikers' roar into hell: Russian commanders send waves of motorbike troops into no

The troops are sent by their commanders as part of a new tactic to try and overcome Volodymyr Zelensky 's soldiers.

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3 w. ago 'I put my USB stick in and then they just told me they were shutting it down'

Manchester DJ Josh Baker had his act suddenly cancelled at Parklife

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