Second World War code-breaker Alan Turing has been given a posthumous royal pardon for a 61-year-old conviction for homosexual activity. Dr Turing, who was pivotal in breaking the Enigma code, ...

A WAR hero who helped crack the Nazi Enigma code has been honoured for his achievements more than 60 years on. Code breaker John Whiteside, 92, worked with Manchester University computer pioneer Alan ...

The Enigma machine is a piece of spook hardware invented by a German and used by Britain's codebreakers as a way of deciphering German signals traffic during World War Two. It has been claimed that as ...

YOUNG mathematicians entered the world of spies, secrets and espionage as they became code-breakers — inspired by an original Enigma machine. Year Seven girls at Bolton School had a chance to see the ...

ETHEL Houston, who has died aged 93, was the first woman to be appointed as a senior partner in a Scottish law firm when she was named to the post by Balfour + Manson in Edinburgh in 1949 and remained ...

Alan Turing handwritten notebook has sold in the US for more more than $1m. The 56-page journal, written in a simple notebook bought from a stationers in Cambridge, was sold at an auction on Monday ...

A rare encryption device invented by the Nazis towards the end of the war, which defeated Bletchley Park's code breakers, is set to be sold at auction. The SG-41Z machine is only one of ten remaining ...

MATHEMATICIAN Alan Turing who helped win the Second World War has been revealed as the new face of the £50 note. The scientist, who was portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in the 2014 film The Imitation ...

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MATHEMATICIAN Alan Turing who helped win the Second World War has been revealed as the new face of the £50 note. The scientist was portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in the 2014 film The Imitation Game ...

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