The Novichok poisonings which left one dead, several severely ill and more than 80 people in A&E were a result of an "abject failure" by the UK Government to protect the public, an inquiry has heard.
02/12/2024
Former chief medical officer for England Dame Sally Davies said she had nightmares about someone picking up the discarded nerve agent Novichok after the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry heard.
11/11/2024
A police officer who suffered novichok poisoning when he searched the home of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal following the Salisbury attack has described the ‘terrifying’ experience of being exposed to the nerve agent.
07/11/2024
A paramedic has described finding Dawn Sturgess lying on the floor, blue and not breathing, after she was poisoned with Novichok, the inquiry into the circumstances of her death heard.
18/10/2024
After the Salisbury poisonings, Britain will face even more devastating consequences if it fails to confront Putin decisively now.
15/10/2024
Images have been released of the perfume bottle used to store the lethal nerve agent that caused the death of mum-of-three Dawn Sturgess.
15/10/2024
An inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess has released new images of the mum-of-three just before she was poisoned with a nerve agent.
15/10/2024
In the wake of the Salisbury poisoning and Russia's ongoing pursuit of defectors, fear continues to shape the lives of those who betray the Kremlin.
15/10/2024
Thousands of people could have been killed by the Salisbury poisonings, an inquiry heard.
14/10/2024
A former spy and his daughter, who were poisoned by deadly nerve agent Novichok, may give evidence in-person at the Russian-state Salisbury poisonings inquiry, a preliminary hearing has heard.
21/06/2024
A Russian spy unit which was behind the 2018 Salisbury poisonings was also behind two deadly ammunition depot blasts in the Czech Republic, an investigation has found.
29/04/2024
This was the moment columnist Mary Dejevsky told Camilla Tominey that the Salisbury poisonings were a "triumph of British obfuscation" and that Western leaders are trying to "trick Russia into invading Ukraine".
20/02/2022