well, obviously the latest development is finding out that nick bailey, detective sergeant nick bailey, is the police officer that came here, to the scene, to the bench behind me, that is still under a police tent. he was one of the first to respond, and he had been hospitalised, presumed to have been exposed to the same nerve agent that sergei and yulia were targeted with. he was described earlier today by police as being in a serious but stable condition. he was conscious, talking and engaging. we now know his identity to be detective sergeant nick bailey. there have been bursts of activity at the various sites that are still of interest to police today. here is the scene where the two were discovered. police were here, the tent actually blue off in the wind today, and the police were securing the bench once again. there was also some renewed activity at sergei skripal‘s house, about ten minutes out of salisbury city centre. police, and ambulances, they turned up police, and ambulances, they turned up there, a much bigger police and ambulance presents and we have seen in recent day

and nick bailey's chief constable adrian lee statement on his behalf. people ask how i'm feeling, there are no words to describe that right i'iow. are no words to describe that right now. surreal is the word that keeps coming out and it really has been completely surreal. i have been so very overwhelmed by the support, cards and messages i have received. everyone has been so incredible. and theyjudge everyone has been so incredible. and they judge released the everyone has been so incredible. and theyjudge released the most detailed description yet of the health of yulia and sergei skripal. both are heavily sedated, neither can communicate and it's known to what extent either will recover. the judge ruled that as they are unable to consent, blood samples can be taken to give to the organisation covering the prohibition of chemical weapons to independently chocolate have made them so well. the relations between the uk and russia are rat a new low following the attack and the russian ambassador said today that boris johnson attack and the russian ambassad

nick bailey's wife said it had been the most traumatic event of their life together. his chief constable read a statement on his behalf. "people ask how i'm feeling. there are really no words to explain how i feel right now. surreal is the word that keeps cropping up — and it really has been completely surreal. i have been so very overwhelmed by the support, cards and messages i have received. everyone has been so incredible. at the same time a judge released the most detailed description yet of the health of yulia and sergei skripal. he said both are heavily sedated, neither can communicate, and it's not known to what extent either will recover. no friend or relative has been in touch with the hospital to ask about their welfare. at a private hearing at the court of protection, mrjustice williams ruled that as the skripals are unable to give consent and no relatives can be contacted to give consent for them, fresh blood samples can be taken from them with his permission. these will be given to international experts from the organisation for the prohibition of chemi

his name is sergeant nick bailey. at some point in the early stages of this incident, two and a half weeks ago, he came into contact with the nerve agent. we are unclear of the circumstances. for two weeks the hospital has been describing his condition is serious. this afternoon they said sergeant davey was no longer in a serious condition but stable and talking. we know in the past few days he has met with the prime minister, theresa may. she came to salisbury before that dashes up as she came to salisbury and before that he met up with amber rudd. the news has come through from health officials that the condition is not serious. that will be encouraging, not only to his family and colleagues but to all of those in this investigation that his condition does seem to be improving. no word yet on today's that on about when he might be leaving hospital. that may be a while yet but his condition is not serious and sergeant paley is in a stable condition in hospital. as duncan suggests, we are expecting a further update ro

but wiltshire police say detective sergeant nick bailey, who's 38, is now able to sit up and talk. investigations are continuing in salisbury into how and why sergei skripal and his 33 year old daughter were exposed to nerve gas on sunday afternoon. a doctor who was first on the scene has told the bbc that yulia skripal had stopped breathing and was in a terrible state. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, reports. detective sergeant nick bailey is 38 years old, a decorated officer with plenty of experience on the front line of policing. he's still in a serious condition but the good news today is he is awake and talking. here's a great character. he is a huge presence in wiltshire police, well loved and massively dedicated officer. he is clearly receiving high, specialist treatment. he is well, sat up. he not been nick i know that he is receiving a high level of treatment. the inquiry‘s not letting up. police began what appeared to be a major search and possible decontamination of sergei skripal‘s house today. for a while, they even taped off the graves of his wife and

and nick bailey's chief constable read a statement on his behalf. people ask how i'm feeling, there are no words to explain how i feel right now. surreal is the word that keeps cropping up and it really has been completely surreal. i have been so very overwhelmed by the support, cards and messages i have received. everyone has been so incredible. and a judge released the most detailed description yet of the health of yulia and sergei skripal. both are heavily sedated, neither can communicate, and it's known to what extent either will recover. no friend or relative has been in touch with the hospital to ask about their welfare. thejudge ruled that, as they are unable to consent, doctors could take new blood samples from there to give to international inspectors from the organisation for the the prohibition of chemical weapons, to independently check what made them so ill. the attack with what british experts believe is a russian—designed novichok nerve agent has left relations between russia and the uk at a new low. the russian ambassador said toda

but wiltshire police say detective sergeant nick bailey, who's 38, is now able to sit up and talk. investigations are continuing in salisbury into how and why sergei skripal and his 33—year—old daughter were exposed to nerve gas on sunday afternoon. a doctor who was first on the scene has told the bbc that yulia skripal had stopped breathing and was in a terrible state. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds sent this report from salisbury. detective sergeant nick bailey is 38 years old, a decorated officer with plenty of experience on the front line of policing. he's still in a serious condition but the good news today is he is awake and talking. he's a great character. he is a huge presence in wiltshire police, well loved and massively dedicated officer. he is clearly receiving high, specialist treatment. he is well, sat up. he is not the nick i know that he is receiving a high level of treatment. the inquiry‘s not letting up. police began what appeared to be a major search and possible decontamination of sergei skripal‘s house today. for a while, they even taped off

nick bailey's wife said it had been the most traumatic event of their life together. his chief constable read a statement on his behalf. "people ask how i'm feeling. there are really no words to explain how i feel right now. surreal is the word that keeps cropping up — and it really has been completely surreal. i have been so very overwhelmed by the support, cards and messages i have received. everyone has been so incredible." at the same time a judge released the most detailed description yet of the health of yulia and sergei skripal. he said both are heavily sedated, neither can communicate, and it's not known to what extent either will recover. no friend or relative has been in touch with the hospital to ask about their welfare. at a private hearing at the court of protection, mrjustice williams ruled that as the skripals are unable to give consent and no relatives can be contacted to give consent for them, fresh blood samples can be taken from them with his permission. these will be given to international experts from the organisation for the prohibition of chem

nick bailey's wife said it had been the most traumatic event of their life together. his chief constable read a statement on his behalf. people ask how i'm feeling. there are really no words to explain how i feel right now. surreal is the word that keeps cropping up — and it really has been completely surreal. i have been so very overwhelmed by the support, cards and messages i have received. everyone has been so incredible. at the same time a judge released the most detailed description yet of the health of yulia and sergei skripal. he said both are heavily sedated, neither can communicate, and it's not known to what extent either will recover. no friend or relative has been in touch with the hospital to ask about their welfare. at a private hearing at the court of protection, mrjustice williams ruled that as the skripals are unable to give consent and no relatives can be contacted to give consent for them, fresh blood samples can be taken from them with his permission. these will be given to international experts from the organisation for the prohibition of chemic

nick bailey's wife said it had been the most traumatic event of their life together. his chief constable read a statement on his behalf. "people ask how i'm feeling. there are really no words to explain how i feel right now. surreal is the word that keeps cropping up — and it really has been completely surreal. i have been so very overwhelmed by the support, cards and messages i have received. everyone has been incredible." at the same time a judge released the most detailed description yet of the health of yulia and sergei skripal. he said both are heavily sedated, neither can communicate, and it's not known to what extent either will recover. no friend or relative has been in touch with the hospital to ask about their welfare. at a private hearing at the court of protection, mrjustice williams ruled that as the skripals are unable to give consent and no relatives can be contacted to give consent for them, fresh blood samples can be taken from them with his permission. these will be given to international experts from the organisation for the prohibition of chemica

the words of detective sergeant nick bailey read out from his fleece co nsta ble. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome. the headlines tonight. 58 all out, england's slumped to their worst total in test cricket as new zealand ripped through the batters on day one of the first test in auckland. all hail gareth bale. a hat—trick in china helps him break in rush‘s goal—scoring record, he is on 29 after his efforts in the 6—0 win. when i was a little boy, i never dream to being a record breakerfor wales but now it is an incredible honour and is definitely one of the best things i have achieved in my career. and gareth southgate says he has no interest in what the foreign secretary has disabled after boris johnson agreed with the claim that vladimir putin will use the world cup asa vladimir putin will use the world cup as a propaganda tool. we will hear from the england cup as a propaganda tool. we will hearfrom the england manager later. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining us. we will start with the deer in headlights in auc

the i has a picture of detective sgt nick bailey, the police officer who was discharged from hospital today having recovered following exposure to the nerve agent used against former russian spy sergei skripal. the metro says that sergei skripal could face permanent brain damage. the times says the prime minister's bid to persuade eu countries to harden their stance against russia following the poisoning attack means at least five european allies were preparing to expel russian diplomats. the daily mail leads with an impassioned plea to ministers to ensure new passports issued after the uk leaves the eu are made by a british company, after it was disclosed a french company has won the contract. and finally, the sun claims that an easyjet pilot was caught out posing for pictures on snapchat during a flight to madrid last week. so lots to talk about this evening, let's talk about the fallout after what happened in salisbury, and the times have got theresa may's uni macro allies preparing to expel russian diplomats stash eu allies. they have put out a statement saying it was russia behin

detective sergeant nick bailey is still in a serious condition in hospital. it's still unclear how and why mr skripal, and his 33 year—old daughter, were targetted last sunday afternoon. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports from salisbury. detective sergeant nick bailey is 38 years old, a decorated officer with plenty of experience on the front line of policing. he's still in a serious condition, but the good news today is he is awake and talking. he's a great character. he is a huge presence in wiltshire police, a well—loved and massively dedicated officer. he is clearly receiving high, specialist treatment. he is well, he's sat up. he's not the nick i know, but he is receiving a high level of treatment. he's very anxious, he's very concerned. he did his very best on that night. all of our stuff that attended the incident in salisbury in the maltings performed the role that police officers and police staff do every day up and down the country. the inquiry‘s not letting up. police began what appeared to be a major search and possible decon

detective sergeant nick bailey fell seriously ill after he responded to the emergency. in the past half hour, the wiltshire chief constable has been giving this update on his condition. i don't think anything could have prepared me or my force for the news of a member of our staff, a police officer who has been admitted to hospital, not just to the ward but then transferred to the intensive care unit. that personal aspect has sent shock waves through my force, a huge level of concern and anxiety, but what i've been touched with this week is the high level of outpouring of support we have seen across the country from members of our staff, the public, from police officers up and down the country but also across the world wishing to pay their respects and their regards to nick and to nick's family. so despite such tragedy, it's been a genuine honour to have had the privilege to have gone to hospital on two occasions this week, one of those with the home secretary, to speak directly to nick and to thank the staff for providing the world—class medical intervention they are

detective sergeant nick bailey fell seriously ill after he responded to the emergency. the wiltshire chief constable has been giving this update on his condition. i don't think anything could have prepared me for my force for the news of a member of our staff, a police officer, who has been admitted to hospital, notjust to the ward but then transferred to the intensive care unit. that personal aspect has sent shock waves through my force. a huge level of concern and anxiety. what i have been touched with this week is the high level of outpouring of support we have seen level of outpouring of support we have seen across level of outpouring of support we have seen across the country from members of our staff, from the public, from police officers up and down the country, but also across the world, wishing to pay their respects, their regards, to nick and his family. so, despite such tragedy, it's been a genuine honour to have had the privilege to have gone to hospital on two occasions this week, one of those with the home secretary, to speak to nick and to thank the staff

nick bailey's wife said it had been the most traumatic event of their life together. his chief constable read a statement on his behalf. "people ask how i'm feeling. there are really no words to explain how i feel right now. surreal is the word that keeps cropping up — and it really has been completely surreal. i have been so very overwhelmed by the support, cards and messages i have received. everyone has been so incredible." at the same time, a judge released the most detailed description yet of the health of yulia and sergei skripal. he said both are heavily sedated, neither can communicate, and it's not known to what extent either will recover. no friend or relative has been in touch with the hospital to ask about their welfare. at a private hearing at the court of protection, mrjustice williams ruled that as the skripals are unable to give consent and no relatives can be contacted to give consent for them, fresh blood samples can be taken from them with his permission. these will be given to international experts from the organisation for the prohibition of che

detective sergeant nick bailey is said to be in a serious condition in hospital. he's well, he's sat up. he's not the nick that i know, but of course he's receiving a high level of treatment. tonight, the area in salisbury where the attack took place remains cordoned off. but it's still unclear how and why sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were targeted. we'll have the latest reaction from moscow, as the kremlin continues to deny it had any involvement in the attempted murders. also tonight. an old baileyjury is shown video of the moment a bomb partially explodes, on a tube train last september. donald trump signs off on higher tariffs for aluminium and steel imports, sparking fears of a global trade war. new figures show tens of thousands of patients had non urgent operations cancelled, as the nhs struggled to cope with the winter crisis. and the cycling senior citizens, who are as fit as fiddles. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, it's a perfect night for arsenal in the last 16 of the europa league. 2—0 they lead ac milan, heading into the second leg.

to the across this are the director of the events the letter to detective sergeant nick bailey thanking him for his actions following the poisoner extended moscow's best wishes and voiced hope the officer will make a full recovery and be able to return to a normal life as soon as possible it went on to express sincere gratitude for his bravery and an assurance that russia had nothing to do with this reckless incident the investigation is ongoing and the the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons continues to investigate we've also heard from the head of the ministry of defense research lab porton down. you know we've got the highest levels of controls of security. around the work that we do here we would not be a loto or pre if we had lack of control that could result in anything leaving the four walls of our facility here. the russian embassy has reacted to his comments saying that they amount to an admission that the secret facility is a place where new components of military grade poisons are being researched and developed and that most notably mr eight can have did not

all of our thoughts are with nick bailey and his family and we wish him a speedy recovery. we commend the emergency services for putting their lives on the line in order to defend all of us. however, there are legitimate concerns around the delay in time between the events on sunday the 4th of march and yesterday, when the 4th of march and yesterday, when the chief medical officer advised the chief medical officer advised the public that have been at the re sta u ra nt the public that have been at the restaurant and the pub to watch the clothing and personal items. can the prime minister give reassurance today to those members of the public who may have real concerns that they may have been exposed to the effects of the nerve agent used? i welcome the prime minister's actions detailed in her statement and can i ask when she intends to return to the house to update us all on what measures we can all take? there must be strong action taken to send a clear message to the kremlin, we will not accept russian interference in our democracy or in our way of life. i hope the prime m

as we heard with the police sergeant nick bailey, who was first on the scene nick bailey, who was first on the scene to help out. he himself and became critically ill. we also heard amber rudd saying that he has now come is now making more of a recovery. so obviously there is great concerns from the public. and intrigue in this case. but also the wider question about the diplomatic relations with russia. of course there have been a number of tensions over the years between the uk and russia. deep suspicion over vladimir putin and his possible connection with these types of crimes. but of course there was tension with russia for other reasons, too. connected to organised crime, questions over money laundering here in the city of london. and how complicit russian state officials may be in cases such as that. we have had legislation passed in parliament over the past year to make it more difficult for russian criminals to operate here in london. stronger powers to clamp down on any corrupt money being laundered, any corrupt the mutt russia money being monitored here in the uk. all that ser

the daily express praising nick bailey, detective sergeant nick bailey, aged 38, hero cop who risked life to save spy, saying let's give the officer a bravery honour. how do we rid our oceans of plastic? it is a problem that's had a huge amount of attention in recent months. from levies to coastal clean—ups, there are number of initiatives taking place. danjohnson is in brighton for us this morning, looking at the latest approach. a brisk morning at the beach, but people are very keen to keep it clea n. people are very keen to keep it clean. they are indeed, yes. a beautiful beach, but not without its problem of litter and rubbish that we see everywhere. just look at some of the stuff we have collected, even just in the last hour of this morning. all sorts in there, plastic bottles and even someone's wellington which has been lost at sea and washed up on the beach. it is that sort of stuff that these quys is that sort of stuff that these guys want to combat using one of these, a drone. the idea is that that goes up, takes pictures of the beach, and people can use that from home to

and nick bailey's chief constable read a statement on his behalf. people ask how i'm feeling, there are no words to explain how i feel right now. surreal is the word that keeps cropping up and it really has been completely surreal. i have been so very overwhelmed by the support, cards and messages i have received. everyone has been so incredible. and a judge released the most detailed description yet of the health of yulia and sergei skripal. both are heavily sedated, neither can communicate, and it's not known to what extent either will recover. no friend or relative has been in touch with the hospital to ask about their welfare. thejudge ruled that, as they're unable to consent, doctors could take new blood samples from them to give to international inspectors from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons, to independently check what made them so ill. the attack with what british experts believe is a russian—designed novichok nerve agent has left relations between russia and the uk at a new low. the russian ambassador said today

detective sergeant nick bailey, who was also exposed to the nerve agent, is making progress in hospital. duncan kennedy has the latest from salisbury. the tempo and scope of the police operation across salisbury remains intense and widespread. today, police issued theirfirst official photo of sergei skripal‘s bmw, whose movements they want to trace. in their most comprehensive timeline to date, the police now say the car was first seen at 9:15am on sunday, 4 march, in the london road area of the city. at 1:30pm, it is spotted on devizes road. ten minutes later, the car arrives at sainsbury‘s, and sergei and yulia go to the mill pub. at 2:20pm, they visited the zizzi restaurant. and then, nearly two hours later, they are found violently ill on a nearby bench. it is nearly two weeks since the skripals left their home here, and today, the police revealed the full extent of their investigation. they've interviewed around 400 witnesses, gathered nearly 800 pieces of evidence, and are trawling through 4,000 hours of cctv footage. today, the labour leader jeremy corbyn was in newcastle, an

health officials said today they welcome the progress being made by sergeant nick bailey, who was affected by the nerve agent. sergei and yulia skripal remain in a critical but stable condition. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in salisbury. forecasters say snow could cause further problems across large parts of the uk this weekend. amber weather warnings have been issued in england and wales, and more than 100 flights have been cancelled at heathrow. the so—called mini beast from the east swept in overnight on friday. this was the scene earlier in dartford, where snow and ice alerts are still in place. the met office says snow showers will become more frequent later, and weather warnings will remain in place until later on sunday afternoon. the cold wintry snap is affecting large parts of the uk. in eastern england, some clifftop homes are now in danger of falling into the sea. emergency services have been asking residents in the town of hemsby, near great yarmouth, to leave. from norfolk, louise hubball reports. this is just how close these homes are to the cliff edge, this the most vulnerabl

health officials said they welcome the progress being made by sergeant nick bailey, who was affected by the nerve agent. sergei and yulia skripal are in critical but stable condition. duncan kennedy, bbc news. the attorney general in the us state of massachusetts, is to begin an investigation into claims that information from millions of facebook users, may have been used by a data company, during the 2016 us presidential election. a former employee of cambridge analytica, claims that 50 million profiles were accessed. the two companies deny any wrongdoing. with me is our business correspondent, joe lynam. what is the background to all this? it is confusing, so bear with me. it developed to get started with an application developing at camp at university that harvested facebook profiles and that of their friends. it passed that information to cambridge analytic and facebook awarded that company to give up the information of years ago. facebook says all the information wasn't deleted and ordered all the accounts to be suspended. the whistle—blower has come forward and said that 50 m

then at the local hospital she met and thanked detective sergeant nick bailey, who is still recovering from exposure to the nerve agent. russia, she said, was guilty of a brazen and despicable attack. she expelled 23 of its diplomats, but was ready to do more. there are other measures we're looking at. and if we face further provocation there are other measures we can deploy. what is important in the international arena, and we have taken this into nato, the united nations and we will be taking it into the european union, is that allies are standing alongside us. that came in a joint statement from the leaders of britain, france, germany and the us, blaming russia for what they called an assault on uk sovereignty. i spoke with the prime minister and we are in deep discussions, a very sad situation, and it looks like the russians were behind it. something that should never, ever happen and we are taking it very seriously, as i think are many others. the joint statement is significant because it shows the foreign office and downing street are convincing britain's allies that the salisbur

health officials said today they welcome the progress being made by sergeant nick bailey, who was affected by the nerve agent. sergei and yulia skripal remain in a critical but stable condition. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in salisbury. well, as the diplomatic spat between the uk and russia deepens, the bbc‘s diplomatic correspondent james robbins says britain faces a tough choice when deciding what to do next. well, it's clear that theresa may and her ministers do face a dilemma. she has made clear that they'll consider the issue of possible further sanctions, probably next tuesday when the national security council has its regular weekly meeting. the dilemma is, do they interpret the expulsion of 23 britons from russia as a simple tit—for—tat parity, or do they think the russians have gone too far by adding the closure of the consulate in st petersburg, and perhaps actually more significantly, the complete closure of british council operations in russia. that's significant because it's the way in which britain tries to export its values as well as the english language into russia. it

health officials said they welcome the progress being made by sergeant nick bailey, who was affected by the nerve agent. sergei and yulia skripal remain in a critical but stable condition. and we'll find out how this story — and others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests tonight are bonnie greer, playwright, and writer for the new european and ruth lea, arbuthnot banking group economic adviser. drivers are being urged to be prepared before setting out on journeys. amber weather warnings for snow and ice are in force in some parts of the country. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley was in lofthouse near wakefield in west yorkshire. there have been sporadic snow showers here throughout the day and the snow does seem to be staying here, especially going into the evening. you can see behind me a lot of the snow on higher ground has stuck. temperatures today have dipped to around —3 in north yorkshire. the met office say with these heavy winds of up to 70 mph in some places, that could feel like it is going down to —8

bailey. in a moment we'll get the latest from washington and moscow but first let's speak to daniel sandford who's in salisbury. more cordons as we saw, the investigation goes on? yes, what is unusual about this investigation is because of the use of the nerve agent in this english cathedral city, there are an unprecedented number of safety concerns. the main thing we have been seeing is the recovery of those two vehicles from the village where detective sergeant nick bailey lived. you wouldn't normally have to do that in a counterterrorism investigation, recovering the vehicles of first responders, but they have to do that to decontaminate them. troops have had to put on protective clothes and gas masks, load the vehicles onto the low loaders and carefully removed the protective clothing again to avoid being contaminated. that is because of this identification of this military grade nerve agent from the novichok class, which was made in the soviet union. that was identified last week by the

health officials said today they welcome the progress being made by sergeant nick bailey, who was affected by the nerve agent. sergei and yulia skripal remain in a critical but stable condition. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in salisbury. and just to remind you, for more detail on this story, you can go to the bbc news app or website. there's this summary of what we know so far and details of the uk government's warning to exiled russians about their security. just go bbc.com/news. police in kent have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after a car was driven into a nightclub building in gravesend. police say a number of people were injured. the incident is not being treated as terror related. in other news, syrian civilians at both ends of the country have been facing intense fighting over the last few days, and the un says there is likely to be more to come. a few miles from the capital damascus, regime—backed forces have nearly captured the rebel—held enclave of eastern ghouta, and thousands of people have been forced to flee the area. and in the north, as many as 150,000 pe

police say that officer nick bailey is still in a serious condition but is still —— is talking. the chancellor says there is cause for economic optimism ahead of his spring statement on tuesday. china approves the removal of term limits for its leader, effectively allowing president xi to remain in power indefinitely. welcome to a very cold inside out west midlands. tonight, the conman peddling dreams of breaking into the entertainment business. i am not a potential customer. i'm a bbcjournalist and i have been investigating your business and you're conning people, aren't you? you're conning people out of thousands of pounds at a time. and the hunt for an historic shipwreck, lost for almost a century. it was just the most exciting moment in life, to have found it. we were hugging each other, dancing around the prop. and above a very ordinary shopping parade in birmingham, an almost mythical music venue, the who played here, led zepplin, black sabbath, fleetwood mac, jethro tull, eltonjohn played here the night before it closed. i am ayo akinwolere and this is inside out. tonight

ds nick bailey is not reacting to it specifically as yet but we do know after he was discharged from hospital on thursday he says his life will never be the same. the signs behind you illustrate the fact that not only does the investigation continue but there remains concerns about insuring people's safety as a result of this nerve agent being released. toxins potentially in the errant peoples clothing and so on, what advice is now being given to people on the ground? it is surprisingly survives still needs to be given. it was surprising to people when the first lot of public advice came out almost two weeks ago now. i am standing in front of the park outside the vaulting is where the bench that the skripals were found was situated and it was removed yesterday in what is one of the largest and most complex counterterror investigations and it was removed and taken for more forensic investigation but we know anyone who was in the vicinity of the restaurant on the 4th of march until monday closing time, either there or the pub that was just around the corner, we're told a week later tha

then at the local hospital she met and thanked detective sergeant nick bailey, who is still recovering from exposure to the nerve agent. russia, she said, was guilty of a brazen and despicable attack. she expelled 23 of its diplomats, but is ready to do more. there are other things we're looking at. if we face further provocation, there are other measures we can deploy. what is important in the international arena and we have taken this into nato, the united nations and we will be taking it into the european union, allies are standing alongside us. that came in a joint statement from the leaders of britain, france, germany and the us, blaming russia for what they called an assault on uk sovereignty. i spoke with the prime minister and we are in deep discussions, very sad situation and it looks like the russians are behind it. something that should never, ever happen and we are taking it very seriously, as i think are many others. the joint statement is significant because it shows the foreign office and downing street are convincing britain's allies that the salisbury attack is differe

detective sergeant nick bailey from wiltshire police — who went to help them — was also taken to hospital. at prime minister's questions on wednesday theresa may told the commons she'd held a meeting of the national security council. and the next day the home secretary came to the commons to update mps. the use of a nerve agent on uk soil is a brazen and reckless act. this was attempted murder and the most cruel and public way. the investigation is moving at a pace. this government will act without hesitation as the facts become clearer. as my right honourable friend the foreign secretary made clear on tuesday, we will respond in a robust and appropriate manner once we ascertain who was responsible. we on this side of the house are appalled that the idea that anyone might be poisoned on the streets of our towns and cities. we share with the government a determination that this case be brought to a speedy and just conclusion and that similar incidents are prevented in the future. i have written to her to ask that there could be a review of 14 other cases and she will know there are many wa

richard police seized released a statement on behalf of of detective sergeant nick bailey. he said he and his family are hugely grateful for all of the m essa 9 es are hugely grateful for all of the m essa g es of are hugely grateful for all of the messages of support. he says he was merely doing thejob messages of support. he says he was merely doing the job he loves. salisbury is a proud city. it is trying to get on with normal life. shoppers are out in the market. 0fficials shoppers are out in the market. officials are drawing up a plan to help businesses affected by the police operation. with more barriers going up tonight at the park bench where the emergency began it may be weeks yet before it is all over. a lot of continued police activity in salisbury, dominic — is it clear that progress is being made?” that progress is being made? i think there is progress in the investigation but i think it is going to be slow and methodical and really, really quite delicate, baby steps. but also with a real determination from the police, from this large team of more than 250

detective sergeant nick bailey, who was also exposed to the nerve agent, is making progress in hospital. duncan kennedy has the latest from salisbury. the tempo and scope of the police operation across salisbury remains intense and widespread. today, police issued their first official photo of sergei skripal‘s bmw, whose movements they want to trace. in their most comprehensive timeline to date, the police now say the car was first seen at 9:15am on sunday, 4 march, in the london road area of the city. at1:30pm, it's spotted on devizes road. ten minutes later, the car arrives at sainsbury‘s, and sergei and yulia go to the mill pub. at 2:20pm, they visited the zizzi restaurant. and then, nearly two hours later, they are found violently ill on a nearby bench. it is nearly two weeks since the skripals left their home here, and today, the police revealed the full extent of their investigation. they've interviewed around 400 witnesses, gathered nearly 800 pieces of evidence and are trawling through 4,000 hours of cctv footage. today, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, was in newcastle, an

british police nick bailey remains in hospital and in serious condition. hundreds of british citizens have been potentially exposed to this nerve agent in what was an indiscriminate and reckless act against the united kingdom. we have deployed our military to decontaminate numerous sites and the police continue an exhaustive, wide-scale investigation. through those investigations we have concluded that mr. skripal and his daughter were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by russia. it is not a weapon which can be manufactured by non-state actors. it is so dangerous that it requires the highest-grade state laboratories and expertise. based on the knowledge that russia has previously produced this agent and combined with russia's record of conducting state-sponsored assassinations including against former intelligence officers whom they regard as targets, the uk government concluded it was highly likely that russia was responsible for this reckless act. we saw two plausible explanations, either this was a direct attack by russia on

our thoughts in particular are with detective sergeant nick bailey who remains in serious but stable condition. in responding is to end debt exemplified the duty and courage that define our emergency services and which our whole nation take this great i pride. mr. peeker i want to pay tribute to the fortitude and cam numb which would people in salisbury have responded and thank all those who came forward to assist the police in their investigation. thissents dent has, of course, caused considerable concern across the community. following the discovery of addresses of nerve agents in zizzi's restaurant, the chief medical asker had advice but as public health england made clear, the risk to public health is low. mr. speaker i share the impatient of the house and country as large to bring toes responsibility to justice and take the full range of appropriate responses against those who would act against our country in this way. but as a nation that believes in justice and the rule of law it is essential we proceed in the right way, led not by speculation but by the evidence. >> hear hear

a recovery in the case of detective sergeant nick bailey i saw a quote which i was not surprised because i've heard it from so many peace officers who've been in dangerous situations before. that he was merely doing his job and we are grateful to him and all our police officers and emergency services for doing that we don't comment on the threats in relation to individual cases but of course the police and others look. always look to ensure that we are taking these matters fully into account and taking them very seriously in relation to russia we have a very simple approach to russia which is engage but be aware and i think this shows how right it is that this government has been cautious in relation to its range meets with russia i set out in my mansion house speech last november very clearly the concerns we have about the activities of russia it's a matter i have discussed with fellow leaders at the european union council i think we must all be very well aware of the various ways in which russia is affecting activity across the continent and elsewhere that can be no question of busines

and in particular, to those who remain in hospital including detective sergeant nick bailey. our thoughts are with them and their families and their loved ones. this has been a challenging seven days and there is still a longer investigation which is, i'm sure you will appreciate, i cannot make comment on. however, would like to make a tribute to the professionalism, dedication and hard work of all the emergency services and other other partner agencies during this time. and whilst i will allow others to comment on the specifics of the work of their teams, as chief fire officer of dorset and wiltshire fire and rescue service, i would like to say how incredibly proud i am of my firefighters and other members of my staff. we have been involved in initial response for sunday and the subsequent operations that have involved protection and careful removal of evidence and associated decontamination tasks. in doing this you will have seen my firefighters wearing protective chemical clothing, the large green suits which have been appropriate given the potential risks involved. and i

ds nick bailey not reacting to that specifically as yet but we do know that after he was discharged from hospital on thursday he said his life would never. what advice is being given to people on the ground? it might strike people that it is surprising advice still needs to be given. yes, it was surprising when the first lot of public health advice came out almost two weeks ago now. i am standing in front of a park where the bench where the skripals was found was situated. it was removed yesterday in what has been called one of the largest and most complex counterterrorism investigations. it was removed and taken for more forensic examination but what we know is that anyone who was in the vicinity of the restaurant on the afternoon off 11th of march until monday closing time, that or the pub just around the corner, they were told one week later that they must wash their clothes and clean any possessions off in case of a further risk to health. there was no imminent risk but repeated exposure might cause a risk. they also said that if you have any clothes that cannot be washed such a spec

health officials said today they welcome the progress being made by sergeant nick bailey, who was affected by the nerve agent. sergei and yulia skripal remain in a critical but stable condition. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in salisbury. forecasters say snow could cause further problems across large parts of the uk this weekend. amber weather warnings have been issued in england and wales and more than 100 flights have been cancelled today at heathrow. the so called ‘mini—beast from the east‘ swept in overnight. this was the scene this evening in dartford, where snow and ice alerts are still in place. the met office says snow showers will become more frequent later and weather warnings will remain in place until tomorrow afternoon. our reporter simon jones has the latest from dartford in kent where snow and ice warnings are still in place. it has been dubbed the mini ‘beast from the east‘, the snow here in north kent has been coming down throughout the evening, eating heavier as time goes by. what a difference a day makes because yesterday, temperatures reached around 15 degrees. to

bailey. salisbury, too, is a proud city and trying to get on with normal life, shoppers are out in the market and officials drawing another plan to help businesses affected by the police operation. the whitmore berry is going on tonight at the park bench where the emergency began, it may be yet before it is all over. well, those barriers i talked about just there have actually gone away again. it looks like police found a bit of a struggle to fit them tonight. so let's see what happens on that particular front. but that shows actually how intensive this operation is. an awful lot of activity, a lot of painstaking work. at some point this city will be free of all this investigation. at that point it will go behind the scenes as counterterrorism specialists start to pick up these evidential breath and ultimately they are going to have to provide two ministers and the public some answers as to who was behind this crime. clive? 0k, dominick, thank you for that. life in salisbury. the education se

wiltshire police released a statement on behalf of the third victim, detective sergeant nick bailey. he said he and his family are hugely grateful for all the m essa 9 es are hugely grateful for all the m essa g es of are hugely grateful for all the messages of support from the public and colleagues from the police family. he was part of a group of all sizes and other emergency service colleagues who dealt with the incident and he does not consider himself a hero. he was merely doing hisjob, a job he loves and is immensely proud of. salisbury isa and is immensely proud of. salisbury is a proud city. trying to get on with normal life. shoppers in the market and officials drawing up a plan to help businesses affected by the police operation. a little earlier our political correspondent chris mason said that despite amber rudd's update, there are still a number of questions that remain unanswered. what we got from the home secretary was in effective the a progress report on the logistics around the investigation and it was very complex investigator reworked under way but we do not have

detective sergeant nick bailey, one of the first on the scene on sunday, he is serious but stable in hospital. so we will keep bringing you those updates on their conditions, and also any activity, any military that we see in salisbury as the day goes on. president trump has posted a message on twitter saying a deal §§e’e‘§f%fi3§ffifi1§$5$§fiffl§§i‘£g_ from the trump administration. first, we had that startling revelation that the president was ready to accept the meeting with kim jong—un with no conditions, with no preparatory talks that we know of. and then sarah sanders, the press secretary, said there was the need for concrete steps, and it looked like they were rowing back. also some reporting from the wall streetjournal in washington overnight saying the white house is clear the meeting will happen, there are no preconditions. it will happen before the end of may. we don't know where or when, but it is on. in terms of the reaction in seoul to any possibility that perhaps things were being toned down, perhaps it might not happen, we haven't heard anything t

health officials said today they welcome the progress being made by sergeant nick bailey, who was affected by the nerve agent. sergei and yulia skripal remain in a critical but stable condition. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in salisbury. the attorney general in the us state of massachusetts, is to begin an investigation into claims that information from millions of facebook users may have been used by a data company during the 2016 us presidential election. a former employee of cambridge analytica claims that 50 million profiles were accessed. the two companies deny any wrongdoing. with me is our business correspondent, joe lynam. what is the background to this? this is fiendishly complicated, so bear with me. it started with the creation of an app from the university of cambridge that harvested facebook profiles and friends of friends of people, and that information, the data from potentially millions of people was passed to a company called cambridge analytica. facebook ordered cambridge analytica to delete all this personal information but in the last 24 hours they are saying not all of th

back in salisbury two cars are removed from outside detectives nick bailey's house. downing street says the prime minister visited the policeman in hospital, where he is still recovering. paul adams, bbc hospital, where he is still recovering. pauladams, bbc news. let's go live to salisbury and duncan kennedy is our correspondent there. just picking up on the last section of the report, tell us more about the prime minister's visit today, and what went on. about the prime minister's visit today, and what went onlj about the prime minister's visit today, and what went on. i certainly think it went down very well here in what's being seen as a highly symbolic visit by the prime minister. i think it had three main purposes. first of all to trees made to see the locations of connected with the attack, including the park bench, the restaurant and the bar where the skripals ate and drank date and it gave the prime minister a chance to be briefed by the acting chief constable of wiltshire. he was able to give a detailed briefing on the police investigation. it's not actuall

bailey. on with normal life. to help businesses affected by the police operation. it is all over. dominic casciani, bbc news, in salisbury. in four days of riots. by buddhist hardliners. jill mcgivering has the latest. and badly damaged mosques. immunities run deep. —— communities run deep. friday prayers were held in the open air under army protection. the military are out in force now. on the surface, all is calm. to hide at night. the government now promises to pay for the damage. local officials have been told to start the clean—up at once. is still in place. and thousands of troops were sent onto the streets. by a group of muslims. this monk risks his life to protect mosques in his area from attack. translation: there were four attempted attacks. the police to come. and sent them away. there are 11! to happen to them. with the petrol bombs. mohamed's home was one sacked. translation: they've looted our house. my sister only got married recently. they have taken all herjewellery. and they have even taken that. see how they have torn our 2—month—old child's toy? i thi

bailey. on with normal life. to help businesses affected by the police operation. it is all over. dominic casciani, bbc news, in salisbury. were ransacked in four days of riots. by buddhist hardliners. jill mcgivering has the latest. and badly damaged mosques. communities run deep. friday prayers were held in the open air under army protection. the military are out in force now. on the surface, all is calm. to hide at night. the government now promises to pay for the damage. local officials have been told to start the clean—up at once. is still in place. and thousands of troops sent onto the streets. man had been killed by a group of muslims. this monk risked his life to protect mosques in his area from attack. translation: there were four attempted attacks. we were able to successfully stop them. in one instance, we quickly got the police to come. in another, we ran towards the attackers and sent them away. there are 11! to happen to them. with these petrol—bombs. mohamed faisul‘s home was ransacked. translation: they've looted our house. my sister only got married recently