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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

Police officer apologises for describing Novichok victim as well-known addict

A police officer has apologised for describing Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess as a “well-known drug addict” in an email after her poisoning. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died on July 8 2018 after she was exposed to the ...

04 Nov 2024 at 16:34

Inquiry told drugs may not have saved woman poisoned by Novichok

Drugs which could have been used to treat a woman who died after being poisoned by Novichok were unlikely to “have had any material effect”, an inquiry has heard. Dawn Sturgess died on July 8 2018 after she ...

05 Nov 2024 at 17:50

Dawn Sturgess’s chance of survival ‘vanishingly small’ soon after cardiac arrest

Dawn Sturgess’s chances of survival were “vanishingly small” after almost 10 minutes passed without CPR treatment following her cardiac arrest, a medical expert has told an inquiry looking into her fatal ...

06 Nov 2024 at 14:09

Dawn Sturgess’s condition ‘unsurvivable’ when paramedics arrived, inquiry told

Dawn Sturgess’s condition was “unsurvivable” by the time paramedics arrived on scene, a medical expert has told an inquiry looking into her fatal poisoning by Novichok. The 44-year-old died on July 8, ...

06 Nov 2024 at 16:31

Ex-police officer holds back tears as he recalls impact of Novichok poisoning

A former police officer who was poisoned by Novichok held back tears as he gave evidence to the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry about how the incident had affected him mentally and physically. Nick Bailey was ...

07 Nov 2024 at 13:14

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

Counter-terrorism police left officers in Salisbury feeling as if they were “overreacting and completely making things up” when they suggested an ex-Russian spy may have been poisoned. An email ...

07 Nov 2024 at 15:45

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