Locals vow to defy ‘ridiculous’ Novichok litter-picking ban that is still blocking them from entering Best Kept Village contest three years after nerve agent attack Residents have vowed to defy a ban on litter-picking in Whiteparish in Wiltshire The restrictions were imposed after the nerve agent attack in Salisbury in 2018 Women’s Institute in Whiteparish … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK We Are Bellingcat by Eliot Higgins (Bloomsbury £20, 272 pp) The desk sergeant Phil Esterhaus in the classic Eighties cop TV series Hill Street Blues would famously end each morning roll call with a warning to his officers as they headed out onto the streets of New York: ‘Hey, let’s be … Read more
Russia ‘tried to assassinate opposition leader Alexander Navalny with Novichok nerve agent a second time’ after he survived Siberia attack German sources have claimed Navalny was given a second dose while in a coma Navalny fell ill on flight to Moscow in August and brought to Berlin for treatment Later revealed that military labs had … Read more
Novichok hero police officer Nick Bailey’s wife reveals he’s still fighting for his pension after devastating long-term effects of deadly nerve agent forced him to quit the force Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey left fighting for life after struck with nerve agent Had to leave force due to illness after 18 years after attack in Salisbury, … Read more
Wife of police officer who quit after he was nearly killed by Novichok in Salisbury poisonings pays tribute to her ‘darling man’ as he thanks nation for ‘overwhelming’ reaction Nick Bailey yesterday announced that he had to ‘admit defeat’ after 18 years His wife Sarah replied to his announcement and said: ‘So proud of you!’ … Read more
Police officer nearly killed by Novichok during Salisbury poisonings quits force in bid to find ‘peace’ Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey was poisoned by Novickock in Salisbury in 2018 Nerve agent was on the door handle of former GRU spy Sergei Skripal’s home DS Bailey tweeted he’s leaving Wiltshire Police because he ‘can no longer do … Read more
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has shown his shaking hands as he continues to recover from a suspected novichok poisoning in August. Navalny made the comments during his first video appearance since being discharged from a Berlin hospital, recorded just six days after he was released. ‘My hands shake. If I were to drink water from … Read more
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he can breathe unaided a month after he was poisoned with Novichok Navalny said he was ‘able to breathe on my own all day’ a month after poisoning Berlin hospital doctors say the Putin critic’s condition ‘continues to improve’ Navalny was taken ill in August in what Germany says … Read more
The German government has said specialist laboratories in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. A German military laboratory previously confirmed the substance was present in his samples. German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has also … Read more
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