traces of the nerve agent have been found in the zizzi restaurant and mill pub.nd monday, are being asked to take extra measures. but england's chief medical officer says she's confident members of the public. kathryn stancyzyn reports from salisbury. a city under a watchful eye macro. they we gone from the moment surrogate and julia skripal were found collapsed on a bench in a salisbury park, the authorities are trying to piece together what happened. last night, traces of the nerve agent used in the attack were discovered in the italian restaurant they had eaten it. now hundreds of people who spent time in the restau ra nt people who spent time in the restaurant or the mill pub last sunday and monday i been told to ta ke sunday and monday i been told to take precautions. wash clothing you haven't already. ideally in the washing machine. any items which cannot be washed and would normally be dry cleaned, should be double bagged in plastic untilfurther information is available. white personal items such as phones and handbags with baby wipes and dispose of them i

therefore advising, as a belt and braces approach, the people who were in either zizzi restaurant or the mill pubeither zizzi restaurant or the mill pubfrom 1:30pm either zizzi restaurant or the mill pub from 1:30pm last sunday, until evening closing on monday, should clean the clothes they wore and the possessions they handled while there. the relevant closing times on monday were 9pm for azizi and 11pm for the mill pub on monday. this means wash clothing you haven't already. ideally in the washing machine. any items which cannot be washed and would normally be dry cleaned should be double bagged in plastic until further information is available. personal items such as phones, handbags and other electronic items with baby wipes and dispose of them in plastic bags in the bin. what's hard items such as jewellery and spectacles with warm water and detergent. —— wash hard items. more information is now on the website public health england and will be made available at quayside in salisbury. i want to reiterate that this is precautionary advice aimed at only those people who were at the venues betwee

either work in either zizzi's restaurant or the mill pub should clean the clothes they wore. police say the detective sergeant nick bailey is still in a serious condition but this talking, and they pay tribute to his bravery. the chancellor says their‘s cause for economic optimism ahead of his spring statement on shoes day. also in the next hour: china's congress a pproves in the next hour: china's congress approves the removal of term limits for its leader. the move effectively allows president xijin ping to remain in powerfor life. and in half an hour: does the answer to curing cancer lie in artificial intelligence? click investigates at 3:30pm. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. up to 500 people in salisbury who went to the same pub and restau ra nt who went to the same pub and restaurant as a poisoned former russian spy and his daughter are being advised to wash their clothes and clean any possessions they handled as they were there. england's chief medical officer, dame sally davies, stressed the risk from the nerve agent was extremely low. the advice was aimed at t

the people who were in either zizzi restaurant or the mill pub from 1:30pm last sunday until eveninglosing on monday, should clean the clothes they wore. police have given an update on the condition of the sick officer, nick bailey, and pay tribute to his bravery. nick isa nick is a much loved, dedicated police officer with us in wiltshire. he isa police officer with us in wiltshire. he is a large character and we miss him. also in the next hour — china's congress approves the removal of term limits for its leader. the move effectively allows president xi to remain in powerfor life. the chancellor rejects calls by labour to announce the end of austerity in his spring statement on tuesday. and have you ever signed an online petition to parliament? the week in parliament will be discussing if they actually make a difference. that's in half an hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. up to 500 people in salisbury who went to the same pub and restaurant as a poisoned russian spy and his daughter are being advised to wash their clothes and clean any possessions they handled while the

the relevant closing times when 9pm for zizzi and 11pm on monday for the mill pub.lothing you have not already, ideally in the washing machine. any items which cannot be washed and would normally be dry cleaned should be double bag in plastic until further information is available. white purple —— wipe down personal items with baby wipes and dispose of them in plastic bags in the bin. wash hard items such as jewellery and spectacles which cannot go in the washing machine with warm water and detergent. more information is now on the website of public health england and will be made available at key sites in salisbury. i want to reiterate that this is precautionary advice aimed at only those people who were at the venues at these times, which i believe to be less than 500 people. meanwhile, let me repeat that the risk to the general public remains low, and i am confident that none of these customers or staff will have suffered harm. that was dame sally davies there. meanwhile, the police officer who try to help sergei skripal and his daughter after the nerve gas attac

mill pub customer, steve cooper.he water regulator, ofwat, is to investigate why thousands of people suffered water shortages, after the recent cold weather. homes and businesses faced days without running water, when pipes burst during the thaw, which followed freezing weather conditions. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. jonathan lewis in balham had no water at all for three days last week. he couldn't wash himself, or his clothes. to make matters worse, he heard nothing from his water provider, thames water. there was very little information coming through from the water company. total inconvenience. you're so used to just turning on the tap, but not having water to flush the toilets, have a shower, do your washing... jonathan was one of at least 20,000 homes in london that had no water last week. thames water apologised, and provided many customers with bottled water, after the beast from the east burst many pipes. the water watchdog, 0fwat, says its review will examine what caused the water shortages

people who were either in zizzi restau ra nt the people who were either in zizzi restaurant or the mill pubrom 1:30pm last sunday on till evening closing on monday, should clean the clothes they wore. 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 mu

people who were either in zizzi restau ra nt the people who were either in zizzi restaurant or the mill pubthes they wore. 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.

today, police confirmed that traces of the nerve agent were found in the mill pub as well as the zizziwhere the bbc understand that the table used by this couple was so contaminated it had to be destroyed. today the chief medical officer gave this advice to people who were in the pub and restaurant on sunday afternoon and monday. wash clothing you haven't already, ideally, in the washing machine, any items which cannot be washed, and would normally be dry cleaned, should be double—bagged in plastic until further information is available. wipe personal items such as phones and handbags and other electronic items, with baby wipes, and dispose of them in plastic bags in the bin. wash hard items such as jewellery and spectacles which cannot go in the washing machine with warm water and detergent. steve cooper was in the pub on sunday at exactly the same time as the skripals and told me that he's getting worried. certainly because they haven't revealed what the nerve agent was, and actually, what the effect, long—term effect on everyone's health could be, so i would like to know more about

the third of march. drove into salisbury in this red bmw. that sunday to come forward. park to the mill pubwhere they were between 2:20pm and 3:35pm. they were found desperately ill on a bench. was making good progress. special precautions because of the military grade nerve agent. still stable, which means they're not getting significantly worse. i understand that she is doing slightly better than he is. they wouldn't be making that public at this stage. daniel sandford, bbc news, salisbury. take that would scare the kremlin. stop any such actions. and stronger at home. it continues a narrative of russia under assault from the west. so there really isn't much the uk can do to stop it. with nato or with eu allies, with the united states involved? surely that collective power will have some clout? russia is already under sanctions from the west. of the world cup. year. spy scene for a while. what is the rationale for russia doing this now? i think the rationale is twofold. it makes putin look stronger. it reiterates russia under assault from the west. to the west is going to get hurt by russ

water actions all the local police taking to identify fellow diners diseases restaurant and the mill pub in salzburg on the day in question and ensure they come forward and are checked what extra resources are being provided to the local police force which quite understandably have never had to deal with such an instant before we know that across the country the national health service is under incredible pressure as at the moment but what extra resources have been provided to the n.h.s. hospitals in and around souls and what training has been given to n.h.s. staff and g.p.'s in identifying the symptoms from a nerve agent attack mr speaker the events in salzburg on the fourth of march have appalled the country and need thorough investigation the local community and public services involved need reassurance and the resources necessary the action the government takes once the facts are clear needs to be both decisive and proportionate and focused on reducing conflicts and tensions rather than increasing them i join the prime minister in paying tribute to the magnificent work of our public

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parked on the upper deck of the sainsbury‘s car park from where they walked past a small park to the mill pubheaded to the zizzi restaurant, where they were between 2.20pm and 3.35pm. they then headed back to the park where, at ii.15pm, they were found desperately ill on a bench. today, police said detective sergeant nick bailey, who also became seriously ill after getting contaminated, was making good progress. the two people targeted in the attack, yulia and sergei skripal, are still in intensive care here in salisbury hospital, were staff are having to use special precautions because of the military grade nerve agent. they're both in a critical condition, but they are both still stable, which means they're not getting significantly worse. i understand that she is doing slightly better than he is. we still don't know if detectives have a specific suspect in this unique and challenging investigation, they said they wouldn't be making that public at this stage. daniel sandford, bbc news, salisbury. the chancellor, philip hammond, has delivered an upbeat assessment of the uk economy, claiming

we spoke to one man who was at the mill pub.d what the effect, the long—term effect, on anyone's health could be. i'd like to know what precautions i personally can take, rather than just washing my clothes, having potentially already been exposed, what other long—term indications are there for me and my wife? we can talk now to matthew dean, conservative leader of salisbury city council. also with us, marina litvinenko, the wife of alexander litvinenko, a former russian agent killed in 2006 after defecting to the uk. and harry ferguson, a former mi6 officer. matthew dean, why did it take so long to warn people? matthew dean, why did it take so long to warn people ?|j matthew dean, why did it take so long to warn people? i think that was because of emerging science, actually. you will recall that when this incident happened last sunday, the original speculation was that the original speculation was that the casualties had taken a heroin substitute. it took some days for public health england to ascertain it was a nerve agent, an

the mill pub in seoul very brutal startling message from the u.k.'s top health who draws a. i am confident that this is not honed the health of anyone who was in the mill pub or this is restaurant however some people are concerned that prolonged long term exposure to these substances may over weeks and particularly months give rise to health problems the advice is to machine wash clothes use baby wipes to clean any personal items such as phones and items which can't be washed should be securely bagged and sealed the authorities insist the risk is minimal but caution is essential the trail of nerve agent contamination is being followed backward from the park bench where sergei script and his daughter yulia were found collapsed the former spy's house is also sealed off for forensic examination and specialist officers have even been examining the cemetery where mr script was wife is buried among several priorities for police or the questions of how and where scripts and his daughter came into contact with the nerve agent had they already been contaminated by the time they visit

public—health england issues updated advice to people who went to this easy restaurant and the mill pubing that only dry clean only items should be collected by the council. —— tsar easy. —— zizzi. lots of sport for you, starting with formula 1, new season started this weekend, looks like it will be citing a close, the time from the big teams very tight in melbourne in qualifying, the big news for british fans, defending champion lewis hamilton looks better than ever, he will start the australian grand prix on pole position after producing a sensational qualifying lap. formula 1is sensational qualifying lap. formula 1 is back and before qualifying, the excitement was understandable, we we re excitement was understandable, we were supposed to be about to see a challenge to the dominance of lewis hamilton and the sages, ferrari looked like they might have closed the gap in pre—season testing, when sebastian vettel got the time sheet in the second session, it felt like things were about to get tasty. the sadie suffered another blow at the start of the final session, valtteri bottas giving

the mill pub, which is where the skripals visited, has two uniformed officers outside, and the cemetery road, two police vans and a car earlier. they also have barriers and a forensics tent over the grave of the wife of mr skripal and his son. and his house as well. certain items have been removed from some of these locations as well. we believe they have been taken to a special unit for decontamination, including an ambulance yesterday. it isa including an ambulance yesterday. it is a complex, wide—ranging investigation. amber rudd, the home secretary, saying this yesterday, 200 counterterrorism officers involved. and identified now, possibly 240 eyewitnesses here in salisbury who may well have heard or seen something. just underlining quite how public this investigation is. and the people of salisbury, still businesses around this area stillbuslnesses aroundthts area-— the shopping centre mic ii they there l the if? they there l the at if they there l the at this they are thererfar—the communityrat'this thanks so much. in the last hour, china's people's congress has voted to approve a

people who are in either zizzi's restau ra nt the people who are in either zizzi's restaurant or the mill pub should clean the clothes they wore. a spring in his step — chancellor, philip hammond, says there's cause for economic optimism. there is light at the end of the tunnel because what we are about to see is debt starting to fall but we are still in the tunnel at the moment.

ten minutes later, the car arrives at sainsbury‘s, and sergei and yulia go to the mill pub.estaurant. 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, and repeated his call for more information on the nerve agent. the origins of the nerve gas appear to be russia, yes. that's why i've said the issue should be referred to the chemical weapons convention, and we should challenge the russian government on it. the nerve agent was identified at porton down, near salisbury. the russians have denied involvement. but downing street has now invited chemical weapons experts to carry out independent tests. it is likely that a team will come over to porton down. theoretically, they could do the analysis at the porton laboratories. i

police confirmed traces of the nerve agent were found in the mill pub as well as this easy restaurantands a table used by the bbc understands a table used by the power was so contaminated it had to be destroyed. the chief medical 0fficer gave his advice to those in the pub and restaurant on sunday afternoon and monday. wash clothes, ideally in the washing machine, any items that cannot be washed and normally would be dry cleaned should be double bagged in plastic until further information is available. wipe personal items with baby wipes and dispose of them in the bins. wash hard items that cannot go in the washing machine in warm water and detergent. steve cooper was in the pub on sunday at exactly the same time. he said he is getting worried. they haven't revealed what the nerve agent was and what the effect long—term on anyone's health could be. i'd like to know more about that. i'd like to know what precautions i personally can take. rather than just washing my clothes, having potentially already been exposed, what precautions can me and my wife tape. i don't think washing my phon

today, police confirmed that traces of the nerve agent were found in the mill pub, as well as the zizzied by the skripals was so contaminated it had to be destroyed. today, the chief medical officer gave this advice to people who were in the pub and restaurant on sunday afternoon and monday. wash clothing you haven't already, ideally in the washing machine. any items which cannot be washed, and would normally be dry—cleaned, should be double—bagged in plastic until further information is available. wipe personal items such as phones, handbags, and other electronic items with baby wipes, and dispose of them in plastic bags in the bin. wash hard items such as jewellery and spectacles, which cannot go in the washing machine, with warm water and detergent. steve cooper was in the pub on sunday at exactly the same time as the skripals, and told me that he is now getting worried. certainly, because they haven't revealed what the nerve agent was, and actually what the effect, long—term, on anyone's health could be. so i'd like to know more about that, i'd like to know what precautions i person

weeks ago, public health england were telling people who have been to the zizzi restaurant and the mill pubake them to the dry cleaners or bag them. they have hardened up that advice and say if people have gone to those two establishments and you haven't washed your clothes, you should do so immediately, and that is the word they used. and the people with dry—cleaning, don't take it to the dry cleaner — call the council, they will come and take those clothes away and destroy them. that is the advice being given. people will be compensated. they say while there is no immediate health risk, it is possible but unlikely that any substance that has come into contact with clothing or belongings could still be present in minute amounts and therefore contaminate your skin. even though we are nearly three weeks into this incident, public health england are still advising people about how to deal with this if they were in those establishments. duncan kennedy reporting there from salisbury. well, european union leaders meeting in brussels said they're preparing coordinated measures against russia over

the people who were either in zizzi restau ra nt people who were either in zizzi restaurant or the mill publea n evening closing on monday, should clean the clothes they wore and the possessions they handled while there. sergei and yulia skripal remain in a critical condition, a week after they were taken ill. the chancellor says there is cause for economic optimism ahead of his spring statement. there is light at the end of the tunnel because what we are about to see is debt starting to fall, but

england's chief medical officer says anyone who spent time at the zizzi italian restaurant, or the mill pubr monday, should take precautions, but she stressed the risk is extremely low and no—one should be alarmed. the bbc has learnt that the table where sergei and yulia scripal ate in the restaurant, has been destroyed. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. wearing gas masks and protective clothing, military personnel were spending mother's day in salisbury loading potentially contaminated cars onto trucks. two vauxhall vehicles had been parked behind a church not far from the city centre. bizarre and extraordinary scenes once again. this time in a pay and display car park in this historic cathedral city. it was the attack on yulia and sergei skripal that led to the operation. the bbc understands that the table in the restaurant used by the pair was so contaminated that it had to be destroyed. police gave this advice to those in the pub and restaurant on saturday and sunday. —— sunday and monday. wash clothes, ideally in the washing machine, any items that cannot be washe

public health england issue updated advice to people who went to the zizzi restaurant and mill pub athe centre of the double agent poisoning case in salisbury, saying any clothing that can't be washed should be collected by the council. now on bbc news, sportsday. the headlines: cambridge celebrate their first clean sweep in all of their first clean sweep in all of the day ‘s boat races since 1997, as oxford are the day ‘s boat races since 1997, as oxford a re left the day ‘s boat races since 1997, as oxford are left crushed on the river thames. outrage in the sport of cricket as australia's cameron brannagan of is caught ball tampering with his captain, steve smith, admitting that he knew. —— cameron bancroft. imperious form from lewis hamilton, taking pole position ahead of the season opener in formula 1 in melbourne. also coming up: we hearfrom northern ireland's latest hero, paul smith, after his dream debut in a friendly victory over south korea. no rest for the weary, england forward maro itoje is back for saracens with no sign ofa itoje is back for saracens with no sign of a si

the people who work in either zizzi's restaurant or the mill pub should clean the clothes they wore.ndition but this talking, and they pay tribute to his bravery. the chancellor says their‘s cause for economic optimism ahead of his spring statement on shoes day. also in the next hour: china's congress a pproves in the next hour: china's congress approves the removal of term limits for its leader. the move effectively allows president xijin ping to remain in powerfor life. and in half an hour: does the answer to curing cancer lie in artificial intelligence? click investigates at 3:30pm.

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parked at 1.40pm on the upper deck of the sainsbury‘s car park in salisbury and then went to the mill pubort walk to zizzi restaurant, where they were between 2.20 and 3.35. at 4.15, they were found seriously ill on a park bench. police are asking anyone who saw their car, this red bmw, between 1pm and 1.45pm that day to come forward. they said detective sergeant nick bailey, who became seriously ill after becoming contaminated, was making good progress. the two people targeted in the attack, yulia and sergei skripal, are still in intensive care here in salisbury hospital, where staff are having to use special precautions, because of the military grade nerve agents. they're both in a critical condition, but they're both still stable — which means they're not getting significantly worse. i'm told she is doing slightly better than he is. detectives said at this stage they would not be making public any suspect they have in this unique inquiry. daniel sandford, bbc news, salisbury. so, as we've been reporting, donald trump and theresa may have spoken on the phone today, with president trump

and the mill pub in seoul very approach a startling message from the u.k. top health a driver i am confident that this is not home and the health of anyone who was in the middle pub or this is restaurant however some people are concerned that prolonged long term exposure to these substances may over weeks and particularly months give rise to health problems the advice is to machine wash clothes use baby wipes to clean any personal items such as phones and items which can't be washed should be securely bagged and sealed the authorities insist the risk is minimal but caution is essential the trail of nerve agent contamination is being followed backward from the park bench where sergei script and his daughter yulia were found collapsed the former spy's house is also sealed off for forensic examination and specialist officers have even been examining the cemetery where mr script was wife is buried among several priorities for police or the questions of how and where scripts and his daughter came into contact with the nerve agent had they already been contaminate

water actions are the local police taking to identify fellow diners diseases restaurant and the mill pub in salzburg on the day in question and ensure they come forward and are checked what extra resources are being provided to the local police force which quite understandably have never had to deal with such an instant before we know that across the country the national health service is under incredible pressure as at the moment but what extra resources have been provided to the n.h.s. hospitals in and around salzburg and what training has been given to any staff in g.p.'s in identifying the symptoms from a nerve agent attack mr speaker the events in salzburg on the fourth of march have appalled the country and need thorough investigation the local community and public services involved need reassurance and the resources necessary the action the government takes once the facts are clear needs to be both decisive and proportionate and focused on reducing conflicts and tensions rather than increasing them i join the prime minister in paying tribute to the magnificent. the work of our pub

of his daughter julia fell ill all the way through to monday evening around eleven pm in both the mill pub and the z.z.z. restaurant and the number of people affected could be up to five hundred people who are being warned now that their clothes their personal effects such as telephones jewelry those sort of things should be thoroughly cleaned the warning has been given by the public health authorities in the form of a precautionary warning saying that it's a belt and braces warning and they don't want people to be alarmed about clearly the indications are that the nerve agent is not something that just evaporates in the atmosphere very quickly clearly the concern is that it lingers for a long time and repeated exposure to it if you have been exposed to it can cause serious harm that marine le pen who's been reelected as head of france's far right national front is g u to address her party members in a little while from now le pen is hoping to broaden her party's appeal as part of the rebranding party founder and marines father john marie le pen's last remaining pace was taken away from hi

public health england issued advice to anyone who had been in the zizzi restaurant or at the the mill pubing at closing time, saying that anyone who had been in those locations needed to wash their clothes as a precaution because prolonged or repeated exposure to any of the nerve agent used could be dangerous to health. they said it was precautionary but they were advising people to wash their possessions and clothes unless they were dry clean only or something that could not be washed, they were saying bag them up, put them in plastic twice and keep them safe. the latest advice yesterday from public health england was talking about possessions but said if you have got those dry clean only or other things you cannot wash, contact wiltshire council who will arrange to come and pick those possessions up, to be destroyed. they have not confirmed that but that is very likely to be what they mean because they are talking about compensation, that you will be paid for those items. people in salisbury have told me they are concerned that this advice came out after that initial ad vice because if