The mystery of the Salisbury poisoning deepened last night as police admitted they do not know where the Russian spy and his daughter were for four crucial hours. Police do not know where Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter were in the intervening hours – and so do not know if it was then that they were exposed to the nerve agent. However, Sergeant Nick Bailey, one of the first policemen who attended to them and who was also exposed to the nerve agent, is no longer in a critical condition. A spokesman for the National Cyber Security Centre, which is part of the Government’s intelligence agency GCHQ (pictured), said it was providing security advice to the councilA spokesman for the National Cyber Security Centre, which is part of the Government’s intelligence agency GCHQ, said it was providing security advice to the council. A council spokesman said it had been planning to introduce new security measures, but had brought them forward because of the Salisbury attack.

Source: Daily Mail March 18, 2018 01:03 UTC