#novichok

10:11am, 14th April, 2019

Salisbury, scene of Novichok poison drama, named Britain's best place to live

The English cathedral city of Salisbury, the location of a deadly nerve agent poisoning blamed on Russia, was named as Britain's best place to live by the Sunday Times newspaper.

UK Novichok victim told all would have died if Russia was behind Salisbury attack

12:25pm, 7th April, 2019

UK

UK Novichok victim told all would have died if Russia was behind Salisbury attack

A British man whose partner died after being exposed to nerve agent Novichok was told by Russia's ambassador that Moscow could not have been behind the attacks because they would have "killed everyone", he told the Sunday Mirror newspaper.

UK says Russia's Putin is ultimately responsible for Novichok attack

5:47am, 6th September, 2018

World

UK says Russia's Putin is ultimately responsible for Novichok attack

Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin bears ultimate responsibility for an nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury earlier this year, Britain's security minister said on Thursday.

Chemical weapons watchdog confirms Novichok use in Amesbury

4:12pm, 4th September, 2018

UK

Chemical weapons watchdog confirms Novichok use in Amesbury

Laboratory tests by the chemical weapons watchdog confirmed British conclusions that two people in Amesbury, southwest England, were exposed to a Novichok-type nerve agent, it said on Tuesday.

Skripal Novichok poisoning suspects identified - Press Association

1:12am, 19th July, 2018

UK

Skripal Novichok poisoning suspects identified - Press Association

UK investigators believe they have identified the suspected perpetrators behind the Novichok nerve agent attack on the Skripals, the Press Association reported on Thursday.

UK police recover 400 items in Novichok murder probe

11:56am, 14th July, 2018

UK

UK police recover 400 items in Novichok murder probe

British counter-terrorism police said on Saturday they had recovered more than 400 items as part of their investigation into the murder of a woman in southwest England who was poisoned by the Novichok nerve agent.

UK police say 400 items recovered in Novichok murder probe

10:17am, 14th July, 2018

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UK police say 400 items recovered in Novichok murder probe

British counter-terrorism police said on Saturday they had recovered over 400 exhibits, samples and items as part of their investigation into the murder of a woman in southwest England who was poisoned by the Novichok nerve agent.

UK police find source of Novichok nerve agent in small bottle

4:44pm, 13th July, 2018

World

UK police find source of Novichok nerve agent in small bottle

British counter-terrorism police said on Friday they believed they had found the source of the Novichok nerve agent that killed a woman in southwest England and left her partner critically ill in hospital.

No guarantees on nerve agent culprits or finding more Novichok - UK police

4:52am, 11th July, 2018

UK

No guarantees on nerve agent culprits or finding more Novichok - UK police

Those behind nerve agent poisonings in England have not been identified and police cannot guarantee there are no more traces of Novichok still in England, Britain's top counter-terrorism policeman said on Wednesday.

British woman dies after Novichok poisoning

5:01pm, 8th July, 2018

UK

British woman dies after Novichok poisoning

A 44-year-old British woman has died after being exposed to the Novichok nerve agent in western England just a few miles from where Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were struck down four months ago.

Sajid Javid says risk from latest Novichok poisoning is low

10:19am, 8th July, 2018

UK

Sajid Javid says risk from latest Novichok poisoning is low

The risk to the public is low from the nerve agent Novichok, exposure to which has left two people critically ill, Britain's Home Secretary Sajid Javid said on Sunday during a visit to the town where they live.

UK police in protective suits investigate latest Novichok poisoning

10:19am, 6th July, 2018

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UK police in protective suits investigate latest Novichok poisoning

Police wearing protective suits entered a hostel in the southern English city of Salisbury on Friday as counter-terrorism detectives stepped up their investigation into how two people were exposed to the nerve agent Novichok.

UK police in protective suits seen at site of new Novichok poisoning

9:48am, 6th July, 2018

UK

UK police in protective suits seen at site of new Novichok poisoning

British police wearing protective suits were seen entering a hostel on Friday in the southwestern town of Amesbury where two people who are in a critical condition after being exposed to the nerve agent Novichok were found.

Two Britons poisoned with Novichok nerve agent near where Russian spy was struck down

4:32pm, 4th July, 2018

World

Two Britons poisoned with Novichok nerve agent near where Russian spy was struck down

AMESBURY, England (Reuters) - Two British citizens were critically ill in hospital on Wednesday after they were poisoned with the Novichok nerve agent which struck down a former Russian agent and his daughter in March, Britain's top counter-terr...