Freemasons accept the court ruling but said the Met’s declaration policy misunderstands them.

The attempted legal challenge came after the Met announced in December that officers and police staff would be required to ...

Their symbols, the compass and square, are meant to represent reason and faith. Their lodges, they insist, are temples of moral instruction. But behind the carefully guarded doors of those lodges, a ...

High court judge rules in favour of force’s decision to compel officers to declare membership of organisation ...

Officers in the Metropolitan Police must tell bosses if they are a member - or have ever been a member - of the Freemasons, the force has announced. The group has been added to the Met's declarable ...

The Met has won a legal challenge to require officers and staff to declare if they are Freemasons or members of a similar organisation. The High Court has refused to allow a judicial review, brought ...

It’s a well-known fact in the police, says Garry Rogers, that Masonic influence is rife in criminal investigation departments. “It’s so widespread,” claims the former Greater Manchester Police ...

Secret societies and organisations have long fascinated outsiders, but few have attracted as much intrigue and speculation throughout history as the Freemasons. It is the "world's largest secret ...

"Our responsibility is that we are part and members of the greatest fraternity in the history of the world," said Thomas Sturgeon, the Deputy Grand Master of the Freemasons of Pennsylvania. For the ...

Cultural folklore and ancient organizations continue to be intrinsically woven into our modern day society. Look no further than the Freemasons, whose enigmatic history dates back to the Middle Ages ...

Durham Freemasons have expanded their TLC Comfort Bears scheme to dementia care settings, including Darlington Manor Care ...