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Amesbury Novichok victim Charlie Rowley has spoken to police

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Scotland Yard says police have briefly spoken to Novichok poisoning victim Charlie Rowley.

Officers are still trying to find the source of the nerve agent which left him seriously ill and killed Dawn Sturgess in Amesbury, Wiltshire.

Last night medics confirmed Mr Rowley was conscious after a small but significant improvement in his condition.

Amesbury Novichok victim Charlie Rowley 'has spoken to police'

Charlie Rowley is now conscious after being exposed to Russian nerve agent Novichok (Picture: AFP)

Police believe the 45-year-old and his partner were exposed to the Russian nerve agent through a contaminated item left over after the first Novichok poisoning in Salisbury in March.

The couple fell ill on June 30 after handling the same substance used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in an attack that Britain blames on Russia.

Russia has denied the allegation.

Scotland Yard opened a murder inquiry after Ms Sturgess, 44, died in hospital on Sunday.

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

Dawn Sturgess died following the exposure to the nerve agent on Sunday (Picture: AFP/Getty)

British firefighters carry equipment towards a property being searched on Muggleton Road in Amesbury, England, Friday, July 6, 2018. British police are scouring sections of Salisbury and Amesbury in southwest England, searching for a container feared to be contaminated with traces of the deadly nerve agent Novichok. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

British firefighters carry equipment towards Mr Rowleys home where the pair were found unconscious (Picture: AP)

Last night Lorna Wilkinson, director of nursing at Salisbury District Hospital, said that despite an improvement in Mr Rowleys condition we are not out of the woods yet.

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She added: Charlie is still very unwell and will continue to require specialist, round-the-clock care here at Salisbury District Hospital.

I would like to ask the media to refrain from some of the unhelpful and distressing speculation weve seen in recent days.

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

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.

SALISBURY, ENGLAND - JULY 06: The emergency services arrive at the John Baker House Sanctuary Supported Living after a major incident was declared when a man and woman were exposed to the Novichok nerve agent on July 6, 2018 in Salisbury, England. The couple, named locally as Dawn Sturgess 44, and Charlie Rowley, 45 were taken to Salisbury District Hospital on Saturday and remain there in a critical condition. In March, Russian former spy Sergei Skripal and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia were poisoned with the Russian-made Novichok in the town of Salisbury. British Prime Minister Theresa May has accused Russia of being behind the attack on the former spy and his daughter, expelling 23 Russian diplomats in retaliation.(Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

The emergency services arrive at the John Baker House Sanctuary Supported Living where it is understood Dawn Sturgess lived (Picture: Getty)

A specialist team member in a police protective suit leaves the front entrance of John Baker House for homeless people on Rollestone Street in Salisbury, England, Friday, July 6, 2018. British police are scouring sections of Salisbury and Amesbury in southwest England, searching for a container feared to be contaminated with traces of the deadly nerve agent Novichok. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

A specialist team member in a police protective suit leaves the front entrance of John Baker House homeless hostel (Picture: AP)

An investigator in a chemical suit removes items as they work behind screens erected in Rollestone Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, where counter-terrorism officers are investigating after a couple were left in a critical condition when they were exposed to the nerve agent Novichok. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday July 6, 2018. See PA story POLICE Amesbury. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire

An investigator in a chemical suit removes items as they work behind screens at an address near to where the couple were found ill (Picture: PA)

Meanwhile, Ms Sturgess family have paid tribute to the mum-of-three.

In a statement, they said: Dawns death has been devastating for us. Dawn will always be remembered by us as a gentle soul who was generous to a fault.

She would do anything for anybody and those who knew Dawn would know that she would gladly give her last penny to somebody in need.

She had the biggest of hearts and she will be dreadfully missed by both her immediate and wider family.

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