Bins to be checked for Novichok signs

Detectives investigating the Novichok poisonings of Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess are to remove two bins from an area behind shops in Salisbury for detailed examination.

Investigators are working on the theory the substance was in a discarded perfume bottle picked up in a park or somewhere in Salisbury city centre.

The bins from a cordoned-off area behind Catherine Street will be taken to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down for analysis. Ms Sturgess, a mother of three, has died.