6 years, 5 months ago

Amesbury novichok incident: Dawn Sturgess's 11-year-old daughter makes heartbreaking speech at Salisbury funeral

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The 11-year-old daughter of novichok victim Dawn Sturgess told mourners how much she loved her mother at an emotional funeral held a month after she was poisoned with the nerve agent. Rev Philip Bromiley who led the service, said she said a few words after Ms Sturgess’s sister gave an “extremely moving” eulogy at the packed service at Salisbury Crematorium. open image in gallery Dawn Sturgess, a mother-of-three, died in hospital days after being poisoned with novichok “She had the biggest of hearts and she will be dreadfully missed by both her immediate and wider family.” Members of the media were asked not to attend the funeral, which followed safety precautions overseen by Public Health England. Investigators recovered a “small glass bottle” that contained novichok at Mr Rowley’s home and have reopened the supported housing where Ms Sturgess lived after finding no contamination.

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2 months, 1 week ago

Police officer apologises for describing Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess as a 'well-known drug addict' in an email after fatal poisoning

Daily Mail

A police officer has apologised for describing Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess as a 'well-known drug addict' in an email after her poisoning. In an email sent to the coroner on July 1, before Ms Sturgess' death, she said the police had received a report of a possible nerve agent poisoning, which she believed was a drugs overdose. Dawn Sturgess, 44, …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent

3 months ago

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

The Independent

3 months ago

Dawn Sturgess’s young daughter avoided Novichok poisoning by ‘pure chance’, family say

The Independent

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3 months ago

Chilling moment ex-Russian spy hands bread to a child after being poisoned by Novichok: Never-before-seen CCTV shows Skripals strolling around Salisbury - unaware they'd been exposed to deadly nerve a

Daily Mail

Never-before-seen CCTV footage of the Salisbury Novichok attack reveals the moment a former Russian spy innocently handed bread to a child after being poisoned with the deadly nerve agent. CCTV shows former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia happily strolling around Salisbury on March 4, 2018 - utterly unaware they had been poisoned with Novichok. This image was …

3 months ago

Salisbury Novichok poisonings inquiry: Who was Dawn Sturgess and what happened to her?

The Independent

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3 months ago

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

The Independent

3 months ago

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

The Independent

3 months ago

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

The Independent

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3 months ago

Novichok poisonings inquiry set to open in Salisbury

The Independent

3 months ago

Former Prime Minister Theresa May says 'justice is unlikely' for Salisbury poisoning victims ahead of Novichok inquiry

Daily Mail

Former Prime Minister Theresa May has said that 'justice is unlikely' for the victims of the Salisbury poisonings, which led to the death of mother Dawn Sturgess. Four months later, 44-year-old Dawn Sturgess, a mother of three, tragically died after being given the discarded perfume bottle containing the nerve agent by her boyfriend, Charlie Rowley and unknowingly spraying it on …

3 years, 10 months ago

Would you buy novichok spy Sergei Skripal's house?

Daily Mail

The home of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal has been bought by Wiltshire Council. The infamous four-bedroom detached house in Salisbury has been lying empty since the assassination attempt with Novichok on Mr Skripal, 69, and his daughter three years ago. Circled: The infected door handle The infamous four-bedroom detached house in Salisbury has been lying empty since the assassination …

5 years, 11 months ago

Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess's parents blame UK government 'for putting Skripal in Salisbury'

The Independent

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6 years, 5 months ago

Salisbury bins where Charlie Rowley may have found novichok bottle seized for testing

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6 years, 5 months ago

Novichok victim Charlie Rowley accidentally picked up nerve agent in 'cosmetic bottle' as present for Dawn Sturgess

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6 years, 5 months ago

Amesbury novichok incident: Charlie Rowley released from hospital after nerve agent exposure

The Independent

6 years, 5 months ago

Novichok poisoning: Detectives know identities of Skripal suspects

Daily Mail

Police have used facial recognition technology to identify two assassins sent to poison Sergei and Yulia Skripal with Novichok and are certain they fled back to Russia, it was revealed today. A coded message was then intercepted by an RAF base before this same plane was searched three weeks later when it returned to London It comes as an inquest …

6 years, 6 months ago

Amesbury novichok incident: Nerve agent found in perfume bottle, says victim’s brother

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6 years, 6 months ago

Novichok murder investigators seize hundreds of ‘potentially contaminated’ items

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6 years, 6 months ago

Novichok poisoning case: UK police find 'small bottle' containing Soviet-made nerve agent at victim's house in Amnesbury

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British police said on Friday they have found a “small bottle” containing the Soviet-made nerve agent Novichok in the home of one of two Britons who fell ill from the substance last month. London: British police said on Friday they have found a “small bottle” containing the Soviet-made nerve agent Novichok in the home of one of two Britons who …

6 years, 6 months ago

Police find source of Novichok nerve agent that killed British woman

CNN

CNN — A small bottle discovered in the home of Novichok victim Charlie Rowley has been identified as the source of the nerve agent that killed his partner, London’s Metropolitan Police said. It is not clear where Rowley found the bottle, or whether it is the same batch of nerve agent that poisoned Russian citizens Sergei and Yulia Skripal. “Charlie …

6 years, 6 months ago

Novichok 'could have been smuggled into UK through airport' in container discovered by Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess

The Independent

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6 years, 6 months ago

Amesbury novichok incident: Police speak to victim Charlie Rowley for first time amid hunt for nerve agent container

The Independent

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6 years, 6 months ago

Amesbury novichok incident: Charlie Rowley regains consciousness two days after partner Dawn Sturgess dies

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6 years, 6 months ago

Amesbury novichok incident: Public told not to pick up objects 'containing liquid or gel'

The Independent

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6 years, 6 months ago

Amesbury novichok poisoning: Police searching for contaminated container Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley 'must have handled'

The Independent

6 years, 6 months ago

Dawn Sturgess has been demonised by conspiracy theorists who seem to forget she was a real person

The Independent

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6 years, 6 months ago

UK woman Dawn Sturgess dies after being exposed to Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, say British authorities

Firstpost

London: A woman exposed to the nerve agent Novichok in southwest England, near where a Russian spy was targeted by the same type of chemical in March, has died, police have said. Prime Minister Theresa May said she was “appalled and shocked” by the death of Dawn Sturgess, one of two people who fell ill last weekend in Amesbury, near …

6 years, 6 months ago

Novichok incident: Dawn Sturgess dies at Salisbury hospital after being exposed to nerve agent

The Independent

6 years, 6 months ago

Amesbury incident: Police officer given all clear after tests at Salisbury District Hospital following novichok poisoning

The Independent

6 years, 6 months ago

English Woman Exposed To Nerve Agent Dies

NPR

English Woman Exposed To Nerve Agent Dies Enlarge this image toggle caption Jack Taylor/Getty Images Jack Taylor/Getty Images Updated at 7 a.m. ET on Monday British police say a woman in England has died after being exposed to Novichok, the nerve agent that also poisoned a former Russian spy and his daughter there in March. Former Russian spy and British …

6 years, 6 months ago

Amesbury incident: Sajid Javid blames Russia for 'barbaric and reckless' use of novichok nerve agent

The Independent

6 years, 6 months ago

Amesbury incident latest: Locals left 'scared and unnerved' as police reveal couple were exposed to novichok

The Independent

6 years, 6 months ago

Novichok poisoning: How the same nerve agent used on the Skripals struck again, months later

ABC

Two British citizens who are critically ill in hospital were poisoned with Novichok, the same nerve agent that struck down a former Russian agent in March. Britain's interior minister has now demanded that Russia explain how two people were inadvertently poisoned with the same military-grade nerve agent used to attack Mr Skripal and Yulia Skripal, in the nearby town of …

6 years, 6 months ago

Amesbury incident latest: Couple 'poisoned' in Wiltshire named as Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess by friend

The Independent

6 years, 6 months ago

Amesbury couple exposed to Novichok poison fight for their lives

Daily Mail

A couple rushed to hospital by paramedics dressed in hazmat suits were poisoned by the same nerve agent used against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, police confirmed. Dramatic video has emerged of a poisoning victim being loaded into an ambulance by a paramedic wearing hazmat gear Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess have been named as the couple who were exposed …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Police officer fights tears as he describes horror of being poisoned by Novichok to Salisbury inquiry

Daily Mail

A police officer held back tears as he recalled being nearly killed in the Salisbury poisonings. Father-of-two Mr Bailey spent a fortnight critically ill in hospital after being among the first on the scene in Salisbury City Centre on March 4 2018 when former Russian spy Mr Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned after coming into contact with the …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Paramedic thought Sergei Skripal and his daughter had taken fentanyl overdose when he arrived on scene of Salisbury's Novichok poisonings, inquiry hears

Daily Mail

A paramedic said he thought Yulia and Sergei Skripal were suffering from a fentanyl overdose when he arrived at the scene of the Novichok poisonings in Salisbury. The former spy and his daughter are believed to have been poisoned after members of Russian military intelligence smeared the nerve agent on Mr Skripal's door handle in Wiltshire. Sergei Skripal and his …

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