By Sunita Patel-Carstairs
Sergei and Yulia Skripal (click here) will be offered new identities and a new life in America in an attempt to protect them from further murder attempts.
The nerve agent (click here) used to poison Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury was delivered "in a liquid form", it has been revealed.
Government officials say the Skripal's Wiltshire home - situated on the outskirts of Salisbury - was targeted with a "very small amount" of novichok.
The highest concentration was found there, and a further eight areas were potentially contaminated.
Salisbury cemetery, where the remains of the ex-spy's wife and son rest, was not targeted.
A spokesman from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said: "In this instance, direct contact is required for a person to be poisoned. Only a small proportion of the material is transferred in each contact and the substance is diluted in each secondary or tertiary contact.
"The class of nerve agent does not produce significant vapour or gas and can only be moved between sites by direct transfer from a contaminated person or by moving a contaminated item."...
