Novichok: family of Dawn Sturgess wins first stage of legal challenge

Relatives of woman who died of novichok poisoning challenging coroner's decision to limit the scope of inquest

The family of Dawn Sturgess, who died in the Wiltshire novichok poisonings, has won the first stage of a legal challenge against a coroner's decision to limit the scope of her inquest.

David Ridley, senior coroner for Wiltshire, decided earlier this year that he would not consider issues such as whether the UK failed to protect the public following the initial poisonings of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury.