Police search intensifies after couple poisoned with Novichok

More than a hundred police officers are scouring the area around Salisbury and Amesbury, searching for a small container that’s feared to be contaminated with the deadly nerve agent Novichok. Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley are in critical condition in hospital after it’s thought they came into contact with the substance.

We have been talking to friends who were with the couple that day and have been providing police with details.