Alan Turing, the Second World War codebreaker widely regarded as the father of modern computing, may not have committed suicide but died as a result of an accident, an academic has claimed. Evidence ...

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 ...

Dr Turing, who was pivotal in breaking the Enigma code, arguably shortening the Second World War by at least two years, was chemically castrated following his conviction in 1952. His conviction for ...

Barbara Southerland has finally been recognized at 99 for her secret wartime work for the famed Enigma codebreakers at Bletchley Park — 80 ...

Code- and cipher-breaking have been in operation for centuries. However, cryptanalysis – the art of deciphering encoded messages – took on a new importance during WW2 as British boffins strived to ...

ITV Channel's Kate Prout speaks to the family of a Bletchley Park codebreaker about her remarkable life - and secret... A Guernsey woman who helped to crack German enemy codes during the Second World ...

One of the Second World War’s most fascinating stories is that of the Allied codebreakers, who deciphered a vast number of German secret messages by decrypting their ingenious ciphering machine, the ...

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 ...

When many think of the Second World War, they are often reminded of the horrors and tragedies of conflict that draw out desperation and inhumanity. Telling these stories is vital as it is a key event ...

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NET RESULTS:Alan Turing, whose brilliant device helped decipher Nazi codes, is the father of modern computer science, writes KARLIN LILLINGTON SEVENTY YEARS ago this week, a shy young mathematician ...