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Meet the British engineer trying to make battery fires a thing of the past

Battery IQ founder Nick Bailey says real-time monitoring, battery passports and early warnings could help calm fears over e-bike, scooter and EV battery safety

The Independent UK · Jun 3

How Salisbury Novichok poisonings entangled a spy and Russian hit squad

Dawn Sturgess became the unlikely victim of the poisonings – with an inquiry into her death publishing its findings today

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025

Salisbury novichok poisonings timeline: How Russian spy incident unfolded in 2018

Dawn Sturgess was killed by the Russian nerve agent, while a police officer and a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025

Ex-chief medical officer had ‘nightmares’ about someone picking up Novichok vial

Dame Sally Davies told the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry that she worried someone would pick up discarded Novichok after the Skripals were poisoned.

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024

Decision to search Skripals’ home after poisoning 'still haunts me' - detective

Detective Inspector Ben Mant’s colleague Nick Bailey was poisoned with Novichok after it was smeared on the door handle of the property in Salisbury

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024

Decision to search Skripals’ home ‘still haunts me’, detective tells inquiry

Detective Inspector Ben Mant’s colleague Nick Bailey was poisoned with Novichok after it was smeared on the door handle of the property in Salisbury.

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2024

Ex-police officer tells Sturgess inquiry of hallucinations after novichok poisoning

Nick Bailey, who went to Sergei Skripal’s home, describes visions of a ‘tsunami of pure heat and fire’ near his eyes

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2024

Counter-terror police ‘left Salisbury officers feeling they were overreacting’

An email from Inspector Gill Hughes in April 2021 said special branch had been ‘very dismissive’.

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2024

Salisbury poisoning: Counter-terror police ‘left officers feeling they were overreacting’

The inquiry was told officers had searched on Google for information on the Skripals

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2024

Ex-police officer holds back tears as he recalls impact of Novichok poisoning

Nick Bailey was contaminated with the nerve agent in March 2018.

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2024