Widely regarded as the inspiration for the recast of the James Bond character “M,” she was the first British spy chief to be ...

LONDON -- Stella Rimington, the first female chief of Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency and later a successful thriller ...

Stella Rimington, the first female chief of Britain's spy agency MI5 and the inspiration behind Judi Dench's M in James Bond, ...

She was credited as the inspiration for Judi Dench’s M in James Bond films and was the first publicly named chief of ...

Stella Rimington has died, aged 90. Her spy novels, written from her secret service experience, provide fascinating insights ...

The former head of the British Intelligence service and author Stella Rimington was the first female (and publicly-named) MI5 ...

Former MI5 Director General Dame Stella Rimington has died aged 90.

Stella Rimington, the first female chief of Britain's MI5 intelligence agency and later a successful thriller writer, has died, her family said Monday. She was 90.

MI5, the UK's national intelligence agency, regularly hires full-time carpenters to help protect national security by working on covert spy operations.

MI5 has been in the news recently and I have followed the reporting of the court case brought by the BBC, which three senior judges have considered this week.

Howard Phillips, 65, from Harlow, Essex, handed over the home address and landline for Grant Shapps, his local MP and then the defence secretary, during an undercover sting by MI5.