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Moscow's been given 24 hours by the UK government

to explain what happened in the Salisbury chemical attack.

It is highly likely that Russia was responsible.

Russia has dismissed it all as a circus show.

That was a political show.

The Russian ambassador accused the British media

of trying to demonise Russia.

We consider this a provocation.

SHE SPEAKS RUSSIAN

This is some kind of anti-Russian campaign.

This government will take whatever measures we deem necessary.

This kind of action would not have been taken

without the explicit approval of Mr Putin.

There comes a point in time where you have to take action.

It'll be up to the government to handle the fallout.

This is not the way for solution. It is the way to the hell.

Mum?

Dad?

Mum! Dad?

HE KNOCKS

Mum! Dad!

INDISTINCT CHATTER

PHONE RINGS

TRACY: Hey, Ben.

Bloody hell. Bourne Hill?

Have we got enough?

Yeah, just about, but this is killing us.

I mean, you know, footfall's down 75%, we got business on its knees

tourism's practically dead.

I know, I know.

But I can't see any other way.

Look, look. We'll get on it, of course we will.

I'm just saying that we have to do something to fight back

I mean, have public meetings, reassure people.

It's too soon to start telling the public we've got it under control.

We can't say that but we can at |east--

Tracy? — ...reassure them.

Just had a call for you. Young lad, very upset.

Toby?

Oh, shit! Tobes!

Sorry!

DAWN GIGGLES

THEY CHATTER

GRACIE: Whoa!

It's brand new. No one's ever lived here before.

It's amazing.

You're gonna love it here, Charlie.

We're gonna love it here.

GRACIE: Wow!

Mum, look at the bathroom!

Oh... magic.

INDICATOR CLICKS

Thanks! — WOMAN: No problem.

Tobes, I'm so sorry. — Give me my key.

I'll come back with you.

Give me my key. — Come in, we'll get you settled...

TOby!

Don't follow me!

H9Y-

I know this is difficult for you to understand.

Why I'm not here, why things are so different.

Why I can't even tell you what I'm doing.

But I miss you.

I miss you, I miss you, I miss you.

PHONE RINGS

Jesus“.

PHONE CONTINUES RINGING

Dave. Yeah? — Tracy, hi, listen.

We need you back at Gold Command. — What, now?

Yep, yeah. Afraid so.

What's it about?

Alistair is insisting on a pub/ic meeting.

I.\ \ *\ N} \¢ \'\¢ § \*

SHE SIGHS Tobes, mate.

I've got to go.

I have to go.

I have to.

Hey...

Love you.

Boom!

No boom.

I'm sorry, Tobes.

FOOTSTEPS RECEDE

WOMAN: You're looking well.

DAWN: Thanks.

Much better than last time.

I'm so sorry about that.

Yeah, well, it was a year ago.

You have to move on, don't you?

Look, Claire.

I really wanna make amends with you and with Dad.

I am changing.

Slowly, but I am.

Still drinking though?

Yeah, it's true, I haven't stopped but I'm going in the right direction.

Right.

Will you, uh...

Will you give this to Dad for me? — What is it?

It's a painting. I found it.

Thought he might like it.

CLAIRE SIGHS

I couldn't afford to get it framed or anything.

He'll love it.

Do you want to meet up again next week then?

I'd love that.

Yeah. I'd love that.

OK, let's get this over with.

Actually, we're not allowed to go in.

Only you.

SARAH SCOFFS

Of course.

IZZY: Don't forget the gloves.

Once the cat's in the basket, we'll have to have her washed.

SHE SCOFFS

Quick as you can, yeah?

Get a grip-

Pippin?

SHE WHISTLES

Pippin!

SHE WHISTLES

Pippin!

Pippin! — CAT MEOWS

SHE WHISPERS: Hey... Come here.

CAT MEOWS — Oh, shit.

Pippin!

Shit... — CAT MEOWS

Pippin!

CAT MEOWS

JANET: Sarah? How you getting on?

I, uh...

Just need a couple of minutes!

Pippin!

KNOCK ON DOOR — Yeah, just wait, will you?

Pippin...

CAT MEOWS — Hey.

Just...

Pippin. — JANET: Sarah!

Really need to be coming out now!

KNOCK ON DOOR — Sarah!

It's not safe in there!

Why don't you just piss off!

DISTANT JINGLING

What?

INDISTINCT CHATTER

You ready?

No.

Copy that.

You'll be fine.

WOMAN: She's doing her best, Stan.

She just wants to see you.

TV CHATTERS

Think about Gracie.

MAN ON TV: They were 1-0 down when the first...

How many times have we been here, eh?

How many promises?

How many disappointments?

I told her I couldn't take it anymore and I meant it.

"I'll do this and I'll do that," she says.

And next thing, she's at it again.

I can't watch her, love.

Stan, I know. — I can't.

I know how you feel.

But I made a decision about Dawn along time ago.

You don't have to save her, you just have to see her.

TV CHATTER CONTINUES

...Saturdays as Well. You've got to keep your focus.

CROWD CLAMOURS

MAN: So then what are you actually doing?

CROWD: Yes!

ALISTAIR: We are doing everything we can...

CROWD JEERS — ...to get back to business as usual.

WOMAN: I have a question about the cordons.

I own a clothes shop in Salisbury city centre.

My takings are down 95%. — CROWD MUTTERS

Who's gonna shop in the shadow of one of those dreadful barriers?

I understand, and we are doing everything we can.

MAN: What about safety? You told us from the beginning

that the risk to the public was low, now we look around

there are soldiers everywhere! — CROWD MURMURS

Sites are closing every day!

It is... Clearly, it's an evolving situation.

CROWD JEERS — WOMAN: It's a very simple question!

Is Salisbury safe?

CROWD: Yes!

APPLAUSE

ACOUSTIC MUSIC PLAYS

Drink?

Not on the job.

We're all set up in there. — What else can you possibly want to know?

There's just a few more facts that we need to go over.

ROSS: No, love. I've answered all your questions.

We want to see Sergei and Yulia, they're our friends.

And all it's been from you lot is take, take, take.

We've done nothing wrong

and we want to see our friends.

DOOR SLAMS

You watch the news and it's...

spy this, and...

secret agent that, and...

to us, they're just people, you know?

And Yulia, well...

She was like a daughter to me, really...

after her mum died.

Please can we see them?

Just once?

MINTY: Well, that went well, I thought.

Fuck off, Dave. — Mm-hm.

Can't blame 'em, I suppose.

I mean, last week, we were telling people to wipe their clothes down

with baby wipes, fucking baby wipes!

Mm.

Well, we had another call come in while we were up there enjoying ourselves.

Uh, this sounds like a wind-up

but a swan has been behaving strangely

falling over.

Where?

The river, near the Maltings.

Shit.

Oh, Charlie, you really know how to show a girl a good time.

You never know what you might find in here.

This'|| cheer the place up. — Oh, yeah, that's nice.

Take it. — That's amazing...

Yeah.

There's a chair there.

THEY LAUGH

POLICE RADIO CHATTER

What, all of them? — Yeah, all of them.

Well, and what do we do with them after we've caught them all?

Keep 'em in a secure place until we get the test results back.

This is a report about one bird, Trace.

This is a water course, Dave.

If it's contaminated, we can't control it.

It'd be a full evacuation of the city.

OFFICER: OK...

OFFICERS CHATTER

PHONE RINGS

Dave.

MINTY: Tracy, can you come to the river, right now?

Why, what's happened? Have you had the results?

I'll show you when you're here. — Yeah, OK.

I.\ \ *\ N} \¢ \'\¢ § \*

I'll keep you posted. — WOMAN: OK.

LOCK BUZZES

Just Yulia, yes?

Sergei's not well enough.

POLICE RADIO CHATTER

HASLAM: How do you feel today, Nick?

Bit better.

Do you know why you're here?

Mm...

Yeah. — HASLAM: It might be a little overwhelming

trying to remember what happened, but it will come back to you.

FOOTSTEPS RECEDE

DOOR OPENS

Bumblefoot, it's called.

TRACY: OK.

It's a bacterial infection they get on their feet.

The vet's sorted them out.

Already back in the water.

These guys passed their medical too.

Thanks. — SWANS HONK

Not all bad news, is it?

SWANS HONK

You still want to get it dredged, don't you? — Well, I didn't say that, but...

No. We don't need to, Tracy.

I got you down here so you can see for yourself.

Gotta draw a line.

Your fast response contained every site

and this...

bloody mess.

Now, you have done your job with bells on.

You really have.

But we can't follow this trail forever.

Somewhere, it's gotta stop.

You think doing something like dredging all these rivers

will show that we're in control, it doesn't show we're in control.

It shows we're losing control.

SWANS HONK

TRACY: Tim?

I've got the results from the Bailey house.

Tell me. How many hits?

It was found in almost every room in the house.

Kitchen, the bathroom, living room, bedrooms.

It was even on the light switches.

We found it in the family car too.

But... his wife and children haven't been affected.

HE SIGHS

I like to think of myself as a man of science, but...

the only word for that is "miracle".

RADIO BEEPS — POLICE RADIO CHATTER

This is DS Nick Bailey at Bourne Hill, come in.

OK?

I can't.

Yes, you can.

The girls are waiting for you.

You can do this, Nick. You're ready.

Behave yourselves, yeah?

Well done, Nick.

APPLAUSE — Take care. Take care.

Well clone, Nick. — Well done, Nick.

Dad! _ Daddy!

NEWSREADER: This evening, Salisbury Hospital said the police officer

who was also exposed to the deadly nerve agent after responding to the inc/dent

Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey

has now been discharged.

Chief Constable of I/Vi/tsh/re Police, K/er Pritchard

read out the statement on his colleague's behalf.

PRITCHARD: "As to What happens now, We're just taking each day as it comes

at the moment.

I recognise that normal /ife for me will probably never be the same."

RADIO REPORTER: At Stansted, the Russian ambassador shook the hands

of the departing officials, spouses and children

as they boarded the aircraft home.

His embassy said, in all, about 80 people Were leaving

in What is the biggest expulsion of Russian diplomats in Britain since the Cold War.

WOMEN LAUGH

TRACY : We're now moving into long-term decontamination led by military teams.

Stripping back affected buildings, overseeing the burial of vehicles...

We will be monitoring the long-term health of the many dozens of people

exposed to the toxin who showed no symptoms

all of which will take months. In some cases, years.

There will be people out there who ask us, ”/s it safe now?”

To go about our business, to live our lives.

To answer that with any certainty, we need to know exactly what happened here

and I'm not sure that we ever will.

Short of finding the delivery mechanism, which could be anywhere in the world now

it will be as safe as we can possibly make it.

That's all we can say for now.

MILLS: Thank you, Tracy.

Nice.

Night, Tobes.

Night, Mum.

TED: You OK? — Yeah.

CHURCH BELLS TOLLS

REPORTER: The eyes of the world are on Russia.

With more than two million visiting fans and a TV audience above three billion

for now, at least, the focus is on football.

THERESA MAY: We will not tolerate the threat to life of British people

and others on British soil from the Russian government

confirming there will be no attendance by ministers

or indeed members of the Royal Family at this summer's World Cup in Russia.

REPORTER: There's no better endorsement than the royal seal of approval

and few places need it more than Salisbury.

REPORTER 2: The playground is back in action, the benches are again being used

to rest tired feet.

This visit wasn't just about meeting stallholders.

It was a message that Salisbury is open and completely safe.

My God.

You know, uh, Wiltshire Police will buy it from us.

Or, um...

We could move back in?

Start again.

Nick?

NICK GASPS

HE VOMITS

Daddy!

|\|Q, HO, I'M--

You OK?

REPORTER: Such a /0 very day

and you can see, of course, some of our World Cup Panel kids

Who are practising there behind us...

I'm dropping the girls at Mum's and then I'll be back.

OK.

You better get dressed.

Yeah.

SARAH: OK.

GIRLS: Bye, Dad!

See ya.

TV CHATTER CONTINUES

BIKE BELL RINGS

I was thinking, Mum needs some time off, Tobes.

Why don't we go away for a few weeks after you break up?

Disneyland?

Cornwall?

I tell you what.

If England win the World Cup...

we'll go to Disneyland, how's that?

That's never gonna happen.

SHE LAUGHS Cold spoon!

SHE LAUGHS

Morning, Justin.

Morning, Sophie!

What, does he think I'm some sort of...

toxic hazard or something?

Just don't let it get to you, Nick.

Hi.

Hi.

MAN: I'm afraid it's not the response we were hoping for.

They won't pay out.

Not a penny.

We've lost everything.

Well, they're arguing that the attack against the Skripals

and by extension, the chain of events that brought you here

was an act of international terrorism, and isn't covered under their policy.

Every single thing in our house was taken away

and incinerated. Everything.

You could take them to court but it'll be expensive and...

Well, they could easily win. — SARAH: So what do we do?

Sue Russia.

ALARM BEEPS

DAWN SIGHS Alright...

Come on. — CHARLIE GROANS

Gracie's coming today.

SHE COUGHS

You look nice.

Where'd you get that?

It's a good'un.

Go on then, try it.

Hey, hang on.

It needs scissors.

SHE SNIFFS

That's weird. Don't smell of anything.

Weird.

MILLS: ...don't have to worry, don't have to keep phoning.

NICK: No, OK. Yeah. — MILLS: At the station.

NICK: Alright, sir. — MILLS: We'll make sure everything's OK.

Thank you very much, Sarah, thank you.

Arrest rates have gone through the floor since you've been off sick.

THEY CHUCKLE

How you doing, Nick?

Doing very well, sir, thank you. Yeah.

Good. You're making the most of your excuse to watch the football I hope?

Well, to be honest, sir, I just wanna... I wanna get back to work, and...

OK. Well...

I'm here to tell you not to rush it.

Don't come back until you're absolutely ready

not a moment before, alright? — OK.

And look, if you need a desk job for a month or--

Oh, sir, no. Sir, I, uh... I am...

I'm ready for full duties. — No, Nick, you should listen to him.

NICK: Honestly, honestly. Really, sir...

I am good to go.

There's no way, Sarah, not yet.

I know.

But the thought of it's the only thing that's keeping him going.

Well...

If there's anything you need from us. Anything.

You take care of yourself. — Thanks, Paul. I appreciate it.

NEWSREADER: You're watching Good Morning Britain.

Our main news this morning... — DISTANT THUD

England's World Cup game against Colombia on Tuesday will be their biggest

in a decade... — DISTANT THUD

Dawn?

REPORTER: ...in their group after losing 1—0 to Belg/urn

in Ka/iningrad last night.

Jonathan Swain is there for us. So, Jonathan, this is Where it gets serious——

DISTANT THUD — Dawn?

TV CHATTER CONTINUES

Dawn?

DAWN RASPS

DAWN RASPS

Dawn?

Dawn!

PHONE RINGS

Yeah, hi, Charlie. Yeah, yeah, we're on our way.

Charlie?

Charlie, calm down. What is it?

Charlie, what's happened?

GRACIE: What is it?

Nan, what is it?

DISTANT SIREN WAILS

H9Y-

Room two's set up.

I'm sure she's gonna be OK, yeah?

You are melting in this heat.

Your eyes...

Your pupils are bloody tiny. What you been doing?

HE SIGHS Nothing.

Nothing.

You wanna get some fresh air?

Yeah, yeah.

Mate, you alright?

Jesus. OK, you're OK.

NEIGHBOURS CHATTER

Right, I'm gonna get some help, OK?

STAN: Well, what else did he say?

You know Charlie. Not much.

Just...

She's taken unwell again and they're admitting her to hospital.

I'll see you later, love!

GRACIE: OK, Gran.

Listening to him...

sounds like they had a big night.

Oh, for God's sake.

I'll text you later.

DOOR SHUTS

Hello, love.

Filling the pool? — Yeah.

DISTANT CHATTER — MONITORS BEEP

CAROLINE: It's just not possible.

WOMAN: Mrs Sturgess-- — Our daughter wouldn't do that.

She wouldn't do that.

Her partner does have a history of drug abuse.

But he's not using now.

Look, all I'm saying is we have to explore the possibility

that this is an overdose.

Explore all you like.

There's no way our Dawn took drugs.

I've sent her bloods for testing. After that, we should know what it is

and how to treat it. — Well, how long will that take?

If it's straightforward, hours. If not, could be a couple of days.

We'll work as fast as we can. Excuse me.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Where is he?

On-on the right.

It's Charlie, isn't it? — Yeah.

Charlie, don't be alarmed.

We're dressed like this because there's already been a call from this address

this morning. We're taking extra precautions, OK?

Can you look at me at all?

What if I turn your head?

Charlie, I'm just gonna have a little look in your eyes, OK?

Can you tilt your head back for me a little bit?

That's it. I'm gonna get you to hospital, OK?

Moscow has been in the centre of this incredible World Cup party

and now Eng/and have arrived in the Russian capital.

The fans are here in good number, the country is starting to believe

the team is ful/ of hope

and opportunity really is. ..

Where you going?

Do something more interesting, like ironing.

MONITORS BEEP

PHONES RING

I'm sorry, I don't get it.

The results have shown that Dawn and Charlie were contaminated.

What do you mean?

They came into contact with something called an organophosphate.

It's similar to a pesticide.

Pesticide?

So...

So, Dawn didn't take anything herself?

Wasn't her fault?

DOCTOR: No, it wasn't her fault.

We're doing everything we can for her

and for Charlie.

Excuse me.

Sorry, Doctor, this just doesn't make sense.

I mean, where would they come across... a pesticide?

NC)!

COMMENTATOR CHATTERS

PHONE RINGS

Alright, Dave?

I thought every man in England was screaming at a telly right now.

What?

When?

Uh... n-no.

Uh...

No, I'll... I'll come and meet you.

Ted, I have to go.

When will you be back? — Later!

Later?

Yeah, that's what I said. Later...

Dawn and Charlie have been poisoned with a nerve agent.

CLAIRE: Not the same one as the-- — Yeah.

Novichok.

You can't see her for now. You can't go near her.

I'm so sorry.

SHE SIGHS

SHE SOBS

They here? — They're here.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Hey. — Oh, Mum...

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Hi, Grandad.

FAMILY CHATTERS — Shh! We've got to keep our voices down

cos Grace is asleep.

WOMAN: I don't know... — INDISTINCT WHISPERS

KNOCK ON DOOR

WOMAN: Mr Sturgess? — Yes.

WOMAN: We're family liaison officers from Wiltshire Police.

Can we come in?

STAN: Uh,yeah.

Hi. I'm... I'm Julie.

I'm Mrs Sturgess, Dawn's mother. This is her sister, Claire.

Hiya, Claire. — And Karen.

THEY CHATTER

And this is, um, Dawn's boys.

Euan. — Euan.

Aiden. — Aiden, nice to meet you.

I realise this is an incredibly difficult time

but this information will get out and it'll get out very soon.

They can't make us leave Dawn.

Claire, I don't think you understand.

You and your family are now at the centre of an international incident.

By tomorrow morning, there'|| be dozens of journalists on your doorstep

and not just here, they'll turn up at your work.

They'll even stop you on a school run.

You can call the hospital whenever you need to

but you need to find somewhere else Gracie can stay

away from all of this.

And then you need to go too.

LOCK BUZZES

So, what do we know?

Not that much.

TRACY: Where were they taken ill?

A flat in Amesbury, four days ago.

Four days and we're only just finding out about it now?

The assumption was some kind of overdose.

One of them had been a user.

Who are they?

They are Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess.

Dawn was living at John Baker House, it's sheltered accommodation.

She'd been there for the last two years

and Charlie Rowley had recently moved to Muggleton Road in Amesbury

and that's where the ambulances picked them up on Saturday.

Amesbury is nine miles away from Salisbury.

It's nine miles away from the nearest hot site.

MILLS: We're tracing all their movements. Closing everything down like last time.

What did we miss? What the fuck did we miss?