Pallbearer poison ban

SPECIAL health measures have been imposed on the funeral of Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess to prevent mourners from being exposed to the nerve agent.

Health bosses have insisted that no pallbearers be allowed to carry the coffin through Salisbury Crematorium.

The measures have been imposed amid concerns that Miss Sturgess’s body still contains dangerous levels of the Russian nerve agent. Her family will have 15 minutes of “quiet time” when they will be able to sit near her coffin.