British prosecutors have named the two Russians suspected of attempting to murder the Skripals as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov.

Yulia Skripal has said her strength is "growing daily" after the nerve agent attack which left her and her father in intensive care.

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Russia has failed in its "ludicrous" bid for a joint UK/Russian investigation into the Salisbury attack, Boris Johnson has said.

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The expulsion of an Irish diplomat from Russia has been described as regrettable and unjustified by the Tánaiste.

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The Russian embassy has warned of retaliatory actions after Ireland joined dozens of countries in expelling a diplomat over the nerve agent attack in Britain.

Ireland looks set to join 20 other nations in what UK prime minister Theresa May has described as the “largest collective expulsion of Russian intelligence officers in history”.

European Council president Donald Tusk has said 14 member nations have expelled Russian diplomatic staff over the poisoning of an ex-spy in the UK.

Investigators are removing the bench where poisoned former Russian double-agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found.

Russia has accused Britain of deliberate concealing evidence in the escalating war of words over the Salisbury nerve agent attack.

A Newsnight boss has dismissed claims the programme photoshopped Jeremy Corbyn's hat to make him look more Russian.

Latest: Russia's ambassador in London Alexander Yakovenko suggested that the British Government was making allegations against Moscow as part of an "anti-Russian campaign" to divert attention from Brexit.

The Russian ambassador to Ireland has described the response to the Salisbury attack as ‘hype’ and ‘propaganda’’.

The Government has offered full support to the UK's efforts to bring those responsible for the Salisbury chemical attack to account.

Boris Johnson sowed confusion over England's World Cup involvement - before his team rejected suggestions that Gareth Southgate's squad could be pulled from the competition.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has vowed that Britain will respond "robustly" if evidence of state responsibility emerges after a Russian double agent was left fighting for his life following suspected exposure to an unknown substance.

A man in hospital in the UK after he was believed to have been exposed to an unknown substance is a former Russian spy, it is understood.

SPEAKING before his death almost exactly 11 years ago, Ian Smith, prime minister of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1979 and a controversial figure by any standards, said that he would happily walk down any street in Harare — Salisbury in his time — but that his successor Robert Mugabe dare not.

Three men have been jailed in England for turning an underground nuclear bunker there designed for British Army VIPs into the "largest cannabis factory to be found in the south of England".

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The skipper of a vessel that capsized off the Wexford coast, resulting in one fatality, did not know that the boat was overloaded with people.

Grendisar can finally strike gold on All-Weather Championships Finals Day at Lingfield today by lifting the Coral Easter Classic. 

Barry Geraghty does not think the returning Hargam faces an easy task in the Masterson Holdings Hurdle at Cheltenham today.

Cirrus Des Aigles is the headline act at Longchamp tomorrow when he bids to win the Qatar Prix Dollar for a fourth time.

An investigation has been launched after a man in his 70s died after the boat he was on with a fishing party capsized, leaving 10 people in the sea for five hours.

Child sex allegations involving Sir Edward Heath are at the centre of a police corruption investigation.

The weather may have made it feel more like January than June for Royal Ascot trials day at Naas yesterday, but there were plenty of clues on offer for those who braved the wind and rain, not least in the shape of Anthem Alexander.

Insurance giant Aviva is to buy rival Friends Life in a deal worth £5.2bn.

Lonely Planet has declared Ireland one of the best countries in the world for 2015.

Charlie McBride believes the step up to seven furlongs will help eke out further improvement in Stroll Patrol in the Shadwell Rockfel Stakes at Newmarket today.

Everything must change so that everything can remain the same,” said Giuseppe di Lampedusa in his book The Leopard.

What’s on offer at Clonmel this evening is disappointing, with moderate horses on show literally from start to finish.

Saturday’s Betfred Sprint Cup winner G Force has been pencilled in for a first overseas trip with Hong Kong on the agenda at the end of the three-year-old’s campaign.

Prize Exhibit can land the upgraded Country Gentleman’s Association Dick Poole Fillies’ Stakes at Salisbury today. She has two victories to her name already, both by nine lengths, but her most recent success was far more eyecatching than her win on the all-weather.

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Ribbons looks the safe option in the EBF Stallions Upavon Fillies’ Stakes at Salisbury toady.

Today’s Group 1 Markel Insurance Nassau Stakes looks an ordinary renewal of the race and there are sufficient doubts about those at the top of the market to look down the line for some value.

Aidan O’Brien is wary about the prospect of soft ground at Epsom next Saturday for Investec Derby favourite Australia.

USA: Divorce, it seems, has turned into a party — special cakes and all.

One of the UK’s main underground oil pipes has been shut down as police investigate whether tens of thousands of litres of fuel have been extracted from it.

UK: A couple have held their wedding reception at the pizza restaurant where they had their first date 14 years ago.