In the sultry summer of 1964 the Tory government of Sir Alec Douglas-Home feared it was facing a sex scandal greater even than the Profumo Affair. Just 12 months earlier, the Secretary of State for ...

An association between Conservative peer Robert Boothby and London gangster Ronnie Kray was the subject of an MI5 investigation, documents have revealed. The men went to "homosexual parties" together ...

The Peer and the Gangster by Daniel Smith review: inside Ronnie Kray's affair with Tory Bob Boothby Orlando Bird enjoys this study of the scandal between a flamboyant Conservative peer and the gay ...

Home Secretary Henry Brooke ordered the spy service’s boss Roger Hollis to find out whether Lord Boothby was having an affair with the violent East End villain. According to newly-released ...

The underworld activities of Ronnie and Reggie Kray were cited by Lord Hamilton of Epsom as he spoke against Government legislation. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The violent reign of notorious 1960s gangsters the Krays has been highlighted at Westminster to argue against plans to throw out ...

The violent reign of notorious 1960s gangsters the Krays has been highlighted at Westminster to argue against plans to throw out hereditary peers from the Lords. The London underworld activities of ...