Breaking News: Couple taken ill in Salisbury are victims of an attack of the same nerve agent used against Skripals

The Telegraph: The couple taken critically ill in Salisbury over the weekend were tonight confirmed as being fresh victims of the novichok attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

A major incident was declared in the city on Wednesday with several locations sealed off after Charles Rowley, 45, and his girlfriend, Dawn Sturgess, 44, became unwell with similar symptoms to the Skripals.

Authorities confirmed the substance they were exposed to was the nerve agent used in the attack against the Skripals in March.

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