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The wife of a police officer who nearly died after investigating the Salisbury poisonings said ‘actions speak louder than words’ in response to a tweet by the Prime Minister. Boris Johnson joined world leaders in demanding answers from Russia amid claims Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned using Novichok – which was also used in the … Read more
A Coroner may have to ask Vladimir Putin for evidence if the family of a Salisbury novichok victim win their legal battle to widen the scope of her inquest, the High Court heard today. The daughter of Dawn Sturgess, 44, has taken action after Senior Coroner for Wiltshire David Ridley placed limits on which issues would be … Read more
Vladimir Putin may have to be investigated if the family of a Salisbury novichok victim win their legal battle to widen the scope of her inquest, the High Court heard today. The daughter of Dawn Sturgess, 44, has taken action after Senior Coroner for Wiltshire David Ridley placed limits on which issues would be investigated at … Read more
Russian agents may have deliberately discarded a bottle of the deadly nerve agent novichok, used in the assassination attempt of former spy Sergei Skripal, in Salisbury in a bid to undermine UK security, the High Court today heard. The claim was made during a legal challenge by the family of Dawn Sturgess, 44, who died … Read more
Salisbury Cathedral has installed 93 solar panels on its roof in a bid to become carbon-neutral in the next decade. The panels will provide 33,708 kilowatt hours of clean energy to Salisbury Cathedral and reduce its carbon footprint by 11,764kg per year. The installation of the panels, which will produce a total of 37kw of … Read more
The Salisbury Poisonings Sunday-Tuesday, BBC1 Rating: My Brilliant Friend Friday, Sky Atlantic Rating: The Salisbury Poisonings was way over the top, honestly. A Russian spy. A nerve agent so deadly that one spoonful could kill thousands. The local branch of Zizzi, now contaminated with more than just corporate, mediocre Italian food. The race to close … Read more
The Salisbury Poisonings Rating: Every night on the news, as reporters investigate a stabbing or a suburban drugs bust, you will hear a bystander say: ‘That sort of thing just doesn’t happen around here.’ It’s the universal cry of the baffled neighbour. It could have been a slogan on the T-shirt of every character we … Read more
Salisbury becomes the first ultra-fast broadband city in Britain with ‘Fibre-to-the-Premises’ technology available to 20,000 households By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 11 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 11 June 2020 Salisbury today became the first city in the UK to have universal access to ultra-fast fibre broadband. Openreach, the … Read more
Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess’ flat in Salisbury is to be torn down after lying in ‘semi-derelict’ state since her death two years ago Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley fell ill in Amesbury near Salisbury in 2018 Mother-of-three had sprayed her skin with perfume containing novichok Sturgess died that July and the flat has remained in … Read more
Former Russian double-agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter have started a new life in a secret overseas location, according to reports today. Sergei Skripal, 68, and his daughter Yulia, 36, are thought to have fled from Britain more than two years after they were targeted in a chemical poisoning in their Salisbury, Wiltshire, home. It … Read more