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Amesbury Novichok victim Charlie Rowley released from hospital

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Novichok attack victim Charlie Rowley has been discharged from Salisbury District Hospital.

Director of nursing Lorna Wilkinson said Charlie, who was poisoned by the nerve agent in Amesbury last month, was released earlier today.

This comes almost two weeks after his partner Dawn Sturgess died following exposure to the agent.

Amesbury Novichok victim Charlie Rowley released from hospital

Charles Rowley has been declared well enough to leave hospital (Picture: Getty Images)

An undated picture taken from the facebook page of Dawn Sturgess on July 9, 2018 shows Dawn Sturgess posing for a photograph in an unknown location British police launched a murder inquiry Sunday after a woman died following exposure to the nerve agent Novichok in southwest England, four months after the same type of chemical was used against a former Russian spy in an attack blamed on Moscow. Prime Minister Theresa May said she was "appalled and shocked" by the death of Dawn Sturgess, a 44-year-old mother of three, and offered her condolences to the family. Sturgess and a man named locally as Charlie Rowley, 45, fell ill last weekend in Amesbury, near the town of Salisbury where former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were attacked with Novichok in March and have since recovered. / AFP PHOTO / FACEBOOK PAGE OF DAWN STURGESS / - / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / FACEBOOK PAGE OF DAWN STURGESS " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE - NO ARCHIVES - NO SALES - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS -/AFP/Getty Images

His partner Dawn Sturgess died in hospital on 8 July (Picture: Getty Images)

Dawn, 44, died in hospital on 8 July, around a week after she was poisoned by the chemical weapon, thought to be left over from the attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March.

It is believed Dawn and Charlie, 45, had come across a glass perfume bottle containing the nerve agent and the two accidentally poisoned themselves.

Public Health England have said the risk to the public following the incident is low.

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However, chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies has warned everyone in the area not to pick up any foreign object which could contain liquid or gel, in the interests of their own safety.

This is a breaking news story, more to follow.

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