will start to move in from the south—west and be fairly significant for a time across central and western areas of england. outbreaks of rain. not quite as cold. nos keeping at five to 8 degrees. further north we could see highs of three to 4 degrees, a touch of light frost. the north— south divide will continue for the new working week. low— pressure continue for the new working week. low—pressure still influencing the story across england and wales, bringing some rain. circulating around that low. rather breezy unexposed south—west coasts. the best of the weather in the north, scotland, northern ireland and northern ireland. highest values as we go through monday of around seven to 12 degrees. it does look as though the best day of the week is shaping up to be tuesday as a ridge of high pressure will build, bringing dry weather. we keep double figures but there is the potential for more rain to arrive on wednesday. that sets us up as we head into the week. spells of rain

and mind. take care. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. we are going straight to salisbury. let's listen in. firstly i want to express my deepest sympathy and that of all my staff for all of those involved and affected by this incident. 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 should know, on friday, the home secretary visited salisbury and met with members of the emergency services. this was an incredible morale boost to establish a working tirelessly both day and night since this major incident began. turning to the local communities who i

appreciate have seen significant operational activity in recent days and may understandably be feeling unsure. it is important in the communities of salisbury to come together during this difficult time andi together during this difficult time and i would like to reassure you all that we are working in a highly effective way with our partner agencies to bring the operational element of this incident to a successful and above all safe conclusion. thank you. lam the conclusion. thank you. i am the chief constable for wiltshire police. it's an absolute privilege to be here today, to represent the fantastic offices, staff and volunteers that perform a role day and night for me in wiltshire police. we, over the last seven days, have been inundated by support from our colleagues in the wider uk policing family, across the country and i am so grateful and feel gratitude for the support that

they are provided to me unto others as we work through what's been a clearly unprecedented week. seven days ago today, my officers and staff, alongside other emergency responders attended the first report, a report of a male and a female who were gravely unwell on a park bench in salisbury. little did they know what they were dealing with at that time at why would they? they displayed courageous approaches oi'i they displayed courageous approaches on that day, a selflessness as they walked in to try to deal with the two people who had suffered harm. in the same way that offices up and down the country every day do. responding to cases such as this in wiltshire, across the country, often with an incomplete picture, often with an incomplete picture, often with gaps in their knowledge base and intelligence base. they step

forward for another step backwards. they put their knees behind other people, with the sole and primary intention to protect people and to keep people safe. that is the very billions of policing that is what we saw last week. our initial response la st saw last week. our initial response last week and throughout has been first class. let me be clear on that. first class. and i'm absolutely proud of everybody that are supported us both at initial call and to this unprecedented week that we have been dealing with here with our colleagues, many of which are here with you today. so, we have had an exceptional level of support from police officers and police colleagues across the country and a full machinery of uk policing has really come to their and ungratefully proud and thankful for the support that we've been given up and down the country. i also want to, today, pay tribute to the

tremendous partnership support that we've had this week. we have had help and guidance from our colleagues at public health england, from our wonderful nhs, from all of oui’ from our wonderful nhs, from all of our emergency services, from our colleagues a bit swindon and wiltshire local authority, the environment agency, the number of partners involved goes on. what we're seeing this because the brilliance of public servers coming together full of highly talented and courageous together full of highly talented and courageous people working day and night to protect our public and public services, and it is an opportunity for me to say thank you. i bet many of those this week and it has been an absolute honour and a privilege. sol has been an absolute honour and a privilege. so i am immensely proud of everybody who has been involved in operation this week, people who've worked day and night, long i'iow who've worked day and night, long now was, to ensure we can support the diligence of the operation going oi'i the diligence of the operation going on in front of us. that also includes my officers and staff and volunteers who have been keeping watch ticking along through this

period. the business as usual, the fantastic policing service we provide a day by day basis and again, thank you to you all. however, as the week has developed i don't think anything could have prepared me what my force the news ofa memberof prepared me what my force the news of a member of our staff, a police officer, who has been admitted to hospital. notjust officer, who has been admitted to hospital. not just admitted 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, a huge level of anxiety. but what had been touched with this week is the high level of outpouring of support that we've seen across the country from members of staff, from the public, from police officers up and down the country but also across the world, wishing to pay their respects, wishing to pay their regards to make 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 with nick and to thank the staff for providing the world—class medical intervention that they are providing to nick and his family and it was a great honour. you will hear about his condition as we go through today but he's talking, he's engaging, still in a serious condition but of course is stable. we've been able to provide the wealth of support in the contest family throughout this difficult time undergoing a great glee respect the dignity of ask the media to bring to this to ensure that his and his family's privacy is maintained. he'sa that his and his family's privacy is maintained. he's a much loved dedicated and committed police officer with us in wiltshire. he's a really large character and we miss him. so, in behalf of all of my

staff, the best him. so, in behalf of all of my staff, the bates—53; him. so, in behalf of all of my staff, the bate—1753; they we wish nick well. hava’ mendéfi 2k? wf‘a'u‘lruéié oi'i bags mendéfi 22‘s; wf‘a'u‘lruéié on his bags mendéfi 22‘s; wf‘a'u‘lruéié todayn his bags mendéfi 22‘s; wf‘a'u‘lruéié today i his feet and i'd put forward today i personally welcome him back into wiltshire police. so moving forward, this investigation continues. it is a major incident. we have heard about the toxin on our street. we've heard about the complexity of the counterterrorism organisation led by the counterterrorism network. of course you've had the appeals provided direct through that network which i could just reiterate to you briefly. anybody at all who may have any information, however small or insignificant you may feel that that is, there is a line, the numberioi or 999. i'm sure my colleagues leading the investigation would greatly appreciate any level of information. equally, if you were in the vicinity of either the public house all the restaurant in

salisbury here last sunday, on the 4th of march, then please make contact against the 101 number or if thatis contact against the 101 number or if that is an emergency gained through the 999 system. you will be aware this is a fast—paced multifaceted, complex investigation that other interest in this case has moved from the local to the regional to the international to the global. so any information to help us with our colleagues from the counterterrorism network establish what has happened would be greatly appreciated. finally some reassurance and some thanks. i want to regain place on re cord thanks. i want to regain place on record my thanks to the partnership response, the collective, professional response that we've seen during the unfolding in the future of events of the last week. i wa nt future of events of the last week. i want to thank all of my staff and volunteers will work tirelessly to protect scenes and ensure the safety

of people operating within no scenes. to make sure that food is available, the finances are taking ca re available, the finances are taking care about, the welfare of our starters prioritise. the machine—readable starters prioritise. the machine— readable chav police starters prioritise. the machine—readable chav police has been exemplary. thank you. in terms of the public, i recognise the nature of this incident as a resident of butcher. lars parts of your city have been cordoned off. there were areas that you come on mother's day, would like to have gone to, i am sure. but, mother's day, would like to have gone to, lam sure. but, it mother's day, would like to have gone to, i am sure. but, it is of vital importance that we maintain the integrity of those scenes to ensure the safety of those areas. so every chapter you to say thank you for your patience in your cooperation. for those who have approached my offices who provided 24—hour seen guarding facility, thank you for coming and talking. thank you for offering your support. it has gone a long way. so, finally,

i will be unable to clarify how long those scenes are protected and i look forward to your continued support and patience as we support our colleagues from the counterterrorism network. i, of course, will ensure there is a 20 47 policing presence here in salisbury both protecting the areas, but also at our police pods to ensure that people of a point of reference, point of access for information or advice. finally, i point of access for information or advice. finally, lam hugely proud of the police and partnership and agency machinery that has come together in the last seven days. if nothing else, i'm probably proud today to be a police officer in wiltshire than i have ever been. thank you. my name is... i'm a deputy medical

director for public health england. i want to start with expressing my sympathy for those directly affected by the events and i know colleagues from the hospital trust will talk about later. i also wants to extend thanks, as colleagues here pointed out, this is the huge multi—public sector response. and i want to recognise the hard work, continuous ha rd recognise the hard work, continuous hard work often behind the scenes, of the public particularly in the public health england southwest ce ntre public health england southwest centre team working with colleagues from police, particularly. it also, from police, particularly. it also, from the director of public health and colleagues at wiltshire county council and her public health team. it takes all of these individuals to work together to ensure that messages, risk assessment, although the background work is complete. and this is important. the next group of

people, obviously, iwould this is important. the next group of people, obviously, i would like to thank the services represented along the table here with whom we work on a daily basis that it becomes very apparent how good that work is when you are under stress and in response to an incident this is a very difficult incident to work on and again, reiterating that good work. i think what i would like to go with the opportunity to speak to the public. to thank the public, they will have had some interactions with our public health teams colleagues we're been making public health enquiries. we will continue do that and he would like to encourage them to speak with us through the existing channels. but i do recognise that the public will be concerned about their health and there has been an announcement this morning which i would like to focus on so people understand what that means in practice for them. the role of public health england in this incident is largely about understanding the risk for people,

for individuals and the public at large. advising colleagues who are supporting them, working with colleagues in hospital who are treating those affected. and continuous basis, understanding any risk that might be behind this particular scenario. just to reiterate, the immediate risk to the general public on the evidence that we have remained slow. this has never we have remained slow. this has never changed from the start of the incident and the start of our messaging. so the news today does not alter that general risk at all. it remains low. however, what has happened in the last few days, very recently, we rigorous scientific analysis, it's been ongoing and we have learned that there has been some limited contamination in both the pub and the restaurant in salisbury. so anyone who visited the pub and restaurant whether to affected individuals were can be

reassured that this limited exposure will not have harmed their health to date. however, there may be a very small health risk associated with repeated contact with belongings which may have been contaminated by this substance. so we are recommending very, very proportionate approach is taken. and we are advising people to clean the close that they were wearing in their neat that they had with them at the time. so these are simple things to do and many of the public will have done them already. those who were in either location should be washing the close they had if they have not already done so in the washing machine. item which can be watched and which would normally be dry cleaned should be put into plastic bags, tied, and stored away safely. we will be providing further advice on that. any personal items such as phones, handbags and other electronic items can be wiped down with cleansing of baby wipes and

whites disposed of in the bin. and any other items, such as jewellery and spectacles, which can't put in the washing machine, can be washed with warm water and detergent. and vincent clean, cold water. after that, people should wash their hands. the reason i go through that issue will be able to see these are very, very simple interventions and to highlight that the immediate risk to highlight that the immediate risk to the public is low, it has remained that way and this advice is only for a small proportion of people who were in the restaurant from wednesday lunchtime to the closing, sorry, sunday lunchtime to the closing the following day. so, on that message, game, just to reinforce the risk to public health remains low and we provided some additional guidance today relating to the recent findings. and i'll stop there. hello. i'm the chief executive of

salisbury district hospital. the thought of all of us staff at salisbury district hospital with the three patients involved in last week's incident and their families. they are in good hands. our experts are working hard to provide the medical care 24 hours a day. two of the patients, a man in his 60s and woman in her 30s, a critical but sta ble woman in her 30s, a critical but stable condition in our intensive care. the police officer who was pa rt care. the police officer who was part of the initial response is in a conscious and serious but stable condition. in addition, in line with the public health england guidance which asks anyone who was in the area and concerns to come forward if feeling unwell, we have seen and assess the number of other people who did not require further treatment. the expert advice is that there is no evidence to suggest a wider public health risk at this time. anyone is concerned about their health or display symptoms

which give any cause for concern, they should dial 111 or 999 depending on the severity of their symptoms. i would like to thank all of our staff for their professionalism and commitment in the wake of all worked as a team to support our hospital, our services, our people and each other. i would also like to thank our patients and volu nteers also like to thank our patients and volunteers for the support that they have given us at this very busy time. our hospital is the centre of an international focus and time. our hospital is the centre of an internationalfocus and our doors remain open as normal to provide high—quality care for the people salisbury and the region. i know our staff will always put patients first i will go out of their way to the best possible outcomes. to all of our staff at salisbury, i'm really proud of the work that you are doing and we will not be able to respond to an incident like this in the way that we have without you, thank you. good afternoon. i'm operations

manchester for south wiltshire and half of the south western ambulance service like to thank the paramedics and other clinicians who responded to this original incident. this includes our colleagues from the wiltshire air ambulance critical ca re wiltshire air ambulance critical care team. they responded selflessly and clinical skill and dedication to treat the patients. i also extend my thanks to our colleagues from the hazardous area response teams. who have supported us with their expertise, after the initial incident in assuring the environment is safe and normal business could be maintained. as more broadly, iwould like to thank every member of staff in south wiltshire who has worked so ha rd over in south wiltshire who has worked so hard over the past week in unprecedented circumstances, to remain focused on high quality care. it has been a challenging time with more questions than answers but

despite this, our staff have remained committed and focused on our patients. so, in behalf of the trust, i thank you all for your incredible professionalism in these extraordinary circumstances. as paramedics, we work together with our other emergency service colleagues and other agencies to respond to the wide—ranging and unpredictable challenges in serving our local community. and last week beena fine our local community. and last week been a fine example of that collaboration and teamwork. our thoughts are with those who remain in hospital. we wish them well. thank you. lam the thank you. i am the police and crime commission forward chad swindon. the last week has been unprecedented for both policing and the strength of our partnerships across the county. i have seen those partnerships working together, led by the police, working

alongside agents of public health england, the nhs, fire south—west ambulance trust, the local authorities, deaf and many others. a butcher police will continue to work with our partners to keep the public safe and to support colleagues from the counterterrorism policing network, who are now leading this major investigation. as the police and crime commissioner, i sincerely thank other police forces from the region and wider for their support through mutual aid. officers have been deployed into wiltshire in order to support our police force doing this challenging and coping with pace of the situation. whilst this is an ongoing and concerning investigation i would like to reassure the public that our officers, reassure the public that our office rs, staff reassure the public that our officers, staff and volunteers are ensuring that business of the day—to—day policing continues in the

county. when i visited those guarding the scenes in salisbury la st guarding the scenes in salisbury last friday i was pleased to hear how grateful the local sergeant was for the many volunteer special constables who would come in doing extra hours in order to relieve their full—time colleagues. i would like to report my thanks to the police, all partners and the public for their tremendous support over the past week. and to finish, i would like to convey my best wishes and prayers to detective sergeant nick bailey and his family at this very difficult time. thank you. why has it taken your week to issue the advice that you have two 500

people who could have potentially, to co nta ct people who could have potentially, to contact with the substance, people who will be feeling very u nsettled ? you will realise i devoted my slot here really largely to the public and we recognise that. however, it is really important to understand the general public should not be concerned. on the evidence currently there is a very low risk. the group that you are relating to and anyone who may have visited the pub and restau ra nt who may have visited the pub and restaurant during that time. there are three important points. we work with our colleagues here on a continuous risk assessment basis. so when we get new information continuously risk assess groups of people who may have become exposed from the evidence that we have in front of us. as new evidence becomes available, we act on that immediately. that is what doing. secondly, you will see from the list

of items i described that these are actually very normal things that people do on a day—to—day basis so most people who would have been at the pub would wash the clothes that they were in. and in fact, that sort of advice we have given particular advised to first responders, for example, who are on the scene already, and other advice to clinical colleagues as well. but i think the most important point about this to understand is, we're talking about, if you like, two different risk scenarios. so the media chris, we're not anticipating an apparent evidence new patients coming forward. we are continuing to assess any that do. this is about a very, very small risk of repetitive contact very small risk of repetitive co nta ct for very small risk of repetitive contact for traces of contamination people may have taken out. we're not talking about today or yesterday of the last week. we are considering what could potentially happen in a highly proportionate manner for people who might have a repetitive

contact with traces of contamination over weeks or months ahead. so, in risk terms, one or two days is not what we're concerned about. what we re what we're concerned about. what were worried about is whether there would be an ongoing risk that could build over the future rather than retrospectively so. the advice is pretty close in the washing machine, wipe down items that you had with you, wash with water and detergent and then wash your own hands and dispose of whites and things sensibly. normal dispose of. that will remove that risk as we go forward. so the advice is timely, it is looking ahead rather than backwards. are you satisfied that you escalated this incident quickly enough at the beginning of last week or perhaps that it took too long to close down the news, too long to call in?

orare you happy the news, too long to call in? or are you happy that the process of escalation happened quickly? i'm really confident that the process of excavation happened quickly. we responded in relation to the weather related activities, and then on monday, by monday morning, we had mobilised a partnership strategic coordinating group made up of all the partners that we've spoken about today. a tactical coordinating group, and we had already started our conversations with the counterterrorism network. the machinery, the support, the national advice, the capability and expertise of both local and national partners was mobilised by monday. but it is still taken a week for the advice to wash your clothes if you are in the restaurant on sunday. well, i think we have are in the restaurant on sunday. well, ithink we have heard are in the restaurant on sunday. well, i think we have heard already the advice that has been provided. our collective rollers around public safety but i think what we would say

is we have been dealing with unprecedented incident and the facts, the circumstances of that are still coming together. it is a slow recovery to establish exactly the chronology of events. i can say to you with a great degree of confidence that the partnership, support, national support and guidance was in place coming together on monday. can you clarify when you receive the scientific advice, —m which has to ad’sice rather which has led to the advice contribute to a continuous risk we contribute to a continuous risk assessment and as that risk changes, and information comes through, then we put it together. it is not a single piece of information. it isa single piece of information. it is a combination. when did you come to the conclusion that this low risk existed for prolonged repetitive exposure? the advice that we have does not come through in a single item and i

am afraid some of the evidence i'm not able to discuss with you and i think will understand. but we do this on a continuous basis and we link across with the government to do that and with our colleagues here and each new piece of information is assessed. so, as they say, the important thing about this new information is not that one day or two days are actually even the start of the incident was the relevant start point. it is actually looking forward. we're talking about weeks and months ahead of potentially repetitive contact and i alsojust wa nt repetitive contact and i alsojust want to highlight this is highly proportionate re—. we have no evidence that ended just do have that trace on any of their possessions, and we're just trying to reassure and give them some very practical advice that might alleviate any other concerns going forward.