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Former Russian Spy Falls Mysteriously Ill in UK

A Russian man who was convicted of spying for Britain is critically ill in hospital after being exposed to an unknown substance

A Russian man who was convicted of spying for Britain is critically ill in hospital after being exposed to an unknown substance. Police were called to a shopping centre in Salisbury, in southern England, when the man and another woman - who is also in a critical condition - became unwell. Also: cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins criticised in parliamentary report; European reaction to the Italian election.

(Photo: The main entrance of Salisbury District Hospital. Credit: Tim Ockenden/PA Wire)

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Mon 5 Mar 201821:06GMT

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  • Mon 5 Mar 201821:06GMT

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