The Latest Breaking News from Salisbury

Novichok poisonings, Russia’s role and UK response: key questions of inquiry

Innocent people were caught up in an assassination attempt on a former Russian spy in Salisbury in March 2018. How did this happen?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025

Putin directed Salisbury Novichok poisonings as 'show of Russian power', inquiry rules

Putin directed the botched assassination attempt as a show of ‘Russian power’, a judge has found

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2025

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

Just Stop Oil protester drove to Stonehenge in grandmother’s car, court told

Salisbury Crown Court heard Luke Watson, Rajan Naidu and Niamh Lynch targeted Stonehenge as part of a protest by the Just Stop Oil group.

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025

Dame Jilly Cooper: ‘Queen of the bonkbuster’ who wanted to write ‘happy books’

Born in Hornchurch, Essex, in 1937, Dame Jilly grew up in Yorkshire and attended the private Godolphin School in Salisbury.

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025

Waste from agricultural plant poisoned US town’s water with Pfas, lawsuits allege

Some Salisbury, Maryland, residents say the contaminated water from Perdue Farms’ local plant has sickened them

The Guardian - US · Aug 11, 2025

Man who used car as ‘dangerous weapon’ jailed for more than six years

Ashley Sherred, 33, of Salisbury, Wiltshire, mounted the kerb and drove directly at his victim who suffered a broken leg.

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2025

‘Tiny melodies’: musician uses moths’ flight data to compose piece about their decline

Ellie Wilson’s piece titled Moth x Human assigns different sounds to the species on Parsonage Down in Salisbury

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025

Thousands brave the heat to watch summer solstice sunrise

Temperatures in Salisbury and Greater London reached 18C by 5am, according to the Met Office.

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2025

Putin threat of biological attack on UK streets: Novichok poisonings in Salisbury were 'wake-up call'

The Novichok poisonings in Salisbury were a “wake-up call” to the threat from Vladimir Putin’s Russia of a chemical or biological attack on Britain’s streets, says Defence Secretary John Healey.

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2025