FORMER Prime Minister Theresa May visited Salisbury on Monday, six years on from the Novichok poisonings which took place during her time in Downing Street.
Mrs May visited Salisbury multiple times in the months after the Novichok poisonings in 2018.
The visit, on Monday, March 11, was almost six years to the day since Mrs May told Parliament that Sergei and Julia Skripal were "poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia".
On Monday, she was invited to Arundells by the Edward Heath Charitable Foundation.
While at Arundells she met with students from each year group at Wyvern St Edmund's and South Wilts Grammar School, who had the chance to ask Mrs May some questions.
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Then in the evening there was a short drinks reception at Salisbury Guildhall, before Mrs May gave a talk, giving an inside-the-room account of several cases in domestic and international affairs where blatant abuses took place – including the nerve agent attack in Salisbury.
There was then a short question and answer session.
Mrs May also visited Porton Down earlier in the day, "thanking staff at DSTL Porton Down for their professionalism — and for everything they do away from public view to keep our country safe."
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