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Public inquiry will start next week into death of Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess

The public inquiry into how a British woman was fatally poisoned after being exposed to Novichok will start next week, the Government has announced. Dawn Sturgess died in July 2018 after she unwittingly came into contact with the nerve agent on a ...

10 Mar 2022 at 15:55

Novichok poisoning public inquiry delayed amid heightened Russian tensions

The public inquiry into how a British woman was fatally poisoned after being exposed to Novichok has been delayed, in a decision which has been condemned by the coroner and the victim’s family. Dawn Sturgess died in July 2018 after she ...

25 Feb 2022 at 12:55

Priti Patel restricted disclosure of documents to Novichok death inquiry

Former Home Secretary Priti Patel restricted disclosure of a “small set of documents” from an inquiry into the death of a British mother-of-three in a suspected Russian state-sponsored poisoning, it has emerged. Ms Patel signed a ...

11 Nov 2022 at 16:00

Government defends ‘exceptional’ delays in Salisbury poisonings inquiry

Lawyers acting on behalf of the Government have defended the “exceptional” disclosure delays in the Russian-state Salisbury poisonings inquiry, saying sensitive information has been found in more than 1,000 documents. The ...

24 Mar 2023 at 15:59

‘Some material will be kept secret’ in Salisbury poisonings inquiry

The chairman of the Russian-state Salisbury poisonings inquiry has said it is inevitable there will be “perhaps quite a lot” of material kept secret from the public. Lord Hughes told a preliminary hearing for the Dawn ...

06 Sept 2023 at 13:32

Wallace: UK doesn’t fear Russian reprisals for supporting Ukraine

Russia has been an “active adversary” of the United Kingdom for a number of years, the Defence Secretary has said. Ben Wallace visited the Lydd Army camp in Kent on Wednesday, where Ukrainian volunteers are being ...

09 Nov 2022 at 14:42

Reeves ‘very pleased’ Labour candidate suspended for pro-Russia posts

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she is “very, very pleased” that a Labour candidate has been suspended after pro-Russia posts appearing to play down the country’s role in the Salisbury poisonings. Andy ...

19 Jun 2024 at 08:21

Sarwar: Swift suspension for candidate over unacceptable pro-Russia posts

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said his party had taken “swift action” to suspend a candidate accused of “unacceptable” pro-Russian posts on social media. Andy Brown was dropped as the party’s candidate in ...

19 Jun 2024 at 20:22

Former spy and daughter may give evidence at Salisbury poisonings inquiry

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. Dawn Sturgess, ...

21 Jun 2024 at 14:30

Novichok perfume bottle contained enough poison to kill thousands, inquiry told

The Novichok poisonings inquiry will look at whether an “innocent” British woman died after she was caught in the “crossfire of an illegal and outrageous international assassination attempt”. Dawn Sturgess, ...

14 Oct 2024 at 14:46

Ex-spy Sergei Skripal believes Putin responsible for poisoning him – inquiry

Former spy Sergei Skripal believes Russian President Vladimir Putin was responsible for poisoning him with Novichok, the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry has heard. In an interview in May 2018, two months after he, ...

14 Oct 2024 at 14:36

British Novichok victim’s family told ‘do not touch her coffin’, inquiry hears

The family of the “innocent” British woman who died after she was exposed to Novichok were told not to touch her coffin because of the Russian nerve agent, an inquiry has heard. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died ...

14 Oct 2024 at 18:55

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