Electronic surveillsnce

GCHQ Scarborough fixes its eyes on Moscow

A resurgent Russia is driving GCHQ to recruit more spies, David Collins discovers on an exclusive tour of its secret Scarborough outpost.
On a windy hill in Scarborough, next to a slightly ramshackle sheep farm, one of Britain’s most secret buildings sits behind a barbed-wire fence. It is a GCHQ base dating from the First World War, when our spies intercepted messages to and from the German fleet. More recently it spearheaded an investigation into Manchester bomber Salman Abedi’s terror network.
The Sunday Times has been given exclusive access to the base as GCHQ today announces a significant expansion of its northern spy hub. It is recruiting 100 extra personnel to counter the threat from domestic terror and Russia.