The life of a former Russian spy poisoned by Novichok was “accidentally saved” when a paramedic treated him with the wrong drug by mistake, a public inquiry has heard. The paramedic who first attended the scene had intended to give Sergei Skripal a drug to counter overdoses, which he thought Mr Skripal was suffering from.

Ambulance crews were carrying medication which could have saved Dawn Sturgess' life, an independent inquiry into her death was told. Ms Sturgess, 44, was inadvertently exposed to the deadly nerve agent Novichok in Amesbury in June 2018.