Sarah Turnidge
BBC News, West of England

Good morning and welcome to our live broadcast of the public inquest into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who died aged 44 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, after coming into contact with the Novichok nerve agent.

This morning we will hear evidence from former police officer Nick Bailey, who was contaminated with the nerve agent while at the home of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal – who also survived the poisoning – in March 2018.

Mr Bailey was the first person to enter Skripal’s home and unknowingly touched the Novichok-coated doorknob.

He resigned from Wiltshire Police due to the impact of the incident, saying at the time the consequences “took so much out of me”.