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Dismissive response to poisoning suggestions ‘disappointing’, top officer says

Commander Dominic Murphy said the officer had not ‘necessarily performed to the standard that we would have expected’.

Evening Standard

The Independent helps raise £90,000 to return 13th-century Bible to Salisbury Cathedral where it was written

It is only one of six manuscripts to be attributed to the medieval artist the Sarum Master

The Independent UK

Decision to search Skripals’ home after poisoning 'still haunts me' - detective

Detective Inspector Ben Mant’s colleague Nick Bailey was poisoned with Novichok after it was smeared on the door handle of the property in Salisbury

Evening Standard

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Decision to search Skripals’ home ‘still haunts me’, detective tells inquiry

Detective Inspector Ben Mant’s colleague Nick Bailey was poisoned with Novichok after it was smeared on the door handle of the property in Salisbury.

The Independent UK

Counter-terror police ‘left Salisbury officers feeling they were overreacting’

An email from Inspector Gill Hughes in April 2021 said special branch had been ‘very dismissive’.

Evening Standard

Salisbury poisoning: Counter-terror police ‘left officers feeling they were overreacting’

The inquiry was told officers had searched on Google for information on the Skripals

The Independent UK

UK blacklists mercenary groups in Africa in latest sanctions against Russia

‘Strikes at heart of Putin’s war machine’ also target people involved in Ukraine war and Salisbury nerve agent attack.

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Salisbury poisoning suspect included in new sanctions against Russia

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the sanctions ‘build on the UK’s mission to combat Russian malign activity globally’.

Evening Standard

Salisbury poisoning inquiry: police apologise for calling victim a ‘drug addict’

Dawn Sturgess died in July 2018 after she was exposed to novichok in discarded perfume bottle in Wiltshire

The Guardian - UK

London Leaver: 'We felt like we were slaves to our mortgage until we moved to Salisbury'

Caroline Hart and her husband found financial challenges were relieved as they also found a great ‘vibe and atmosphere’ in Salisbury

Evening Standard

Consultant ‘removed from treating Yulia Skripal after asking her what happened’

Dr Stephen Cockcroft was the ICU consultant who treated Sergei and Yulia Skripal in the first 24 hours after they arrived at Salisbury Hospital.

Evening Standard

Consultant who treated Yulia Skripal ‘gobsmacked’ when she woke up, inquiry hears

Stephen Cockroft says he had been ‘quite sure’ novichok victim had suffered ‘catastrophic’ brain damage

The Guardian - UK

Paramedic gave Sergei Skripal novichok antidote by chance, inquiry hears

Knocked-over bag led to unintended use of drug to counter nerve agents, which may have saved former Russian spy

The Guardian - UK

Boy fell ill in Salisbury after feeding ducks with Novichok-poisoned spy Sergei Skripal, inquiry told

Boy was traced and tested for Novichok after contact with the Skripals on 4 March 2018, inquiry told

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Boy fell ill after Skripal contact on day ex-spy was poisoned with Novichok, inquiry hears

Boy who was given bread to feed ducks by ex-spy among those reporting illness after Novichok attack

The Guardian - UK

Salisbury poisoning inquiry: nurse describes coming to aid of Sergei Skripal

Alison McCourt says former Russian spy was ‘chanting unintelligible words’ and daughter Yulia was unconscious

Evening Standard

Ex-army nurse says allegations role was linked to Novichok poisoning ‘malicious’

Alison McCourt said she had visited Salisbury with her family because her children wanted to go to Nando’s.

Evening Standard

Sergei Skripal told friends Putin would ‘get him’ if he returned, inquiry told

Mr Skripal’s former next-door neighbour Ross Cassidy was giving evidence as the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry resumed in London on Monday.

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The Guardian - UK

Novichok was put on Skripals’ front door while they were home, inquiry hears

Sergei Skripal told friends Putin would ‘get him’ if he returned home to Russia

The Independent UK

Sergei Skripal told neighbour he feared Putin would ‘get him’ if he returned to Russia, inquiry hears

The ex-Russian spy told his next-door neighbour, Ross Cassidy, he would not go back to his homeland over fear of ‘reprisals’, the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry heard on Monday

The Independent UK

Salisbury poisonings could be an ‘act of war’, thought former counter terrorism chief

Former head of UK counter-terrorism policing, Neil Basu, was speaking as an inquiry into how Dawn Sturgess was fatally poisoned six years ago continues

The Guardian - UK

Police insisted second Salisbury novichok attack was drug overdose, inquiry told

Inspector dismissed emergency services’ concerns that incident was similar to Skripal poisonings, KC says

The Guardian - UK

Salisbury poisoning: woman ‘foamed at the mouth’ after spraying novichok on wrists, inquiry told

Dawn Sturgess, who died after using nerve agent as perfume, was ‘convulsing and foaming at the mouth’

The Independent UK

Salisbury recalls Novichok terror after quiet city was thrown into ‘world of James Bond’

Residents in the Wiltshire city tell Andy Gregory their memories from the days and weeks after alleged Russian chemical attack unfolded in their midst, ‘leaving a cloud’ over the peaceful city

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin ordered Novichok attack on my life, Salisbury victim Sergei Skripal tells Dawn Sturgess inquiry

Former Russian spy says he ‘never thought the Russian regime would try to murder me in Great Britain’

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