Dawn Sturgess Inquiry report to come out in December

Dawn Sturgess died after coming into contact with the nerve agent Novichok

The inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess - who was poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok in Wiltshire in 2018 - will publish its final report in December.

It will be available to read on the inquiry's website from 12:00 BST on 4 December and put before parliament, with the inquiry's chair, Lord Hughes of Ombersley, to make a short statement live on YouTube.

The report will set out the findings of the seven weeks of evidence heard last year - from both the open and closed hearings.

Ms Sturgess died after coming into contact with Novichok in June 2018, three months after a former Russian spy and his daughter - Sergei and Yulia Skripal - had also been poisoned by the nerve agent in Salisbury.

The core participants in the inquiry will be able to see the report ahead of its publication.

The inquiry lasted seven weeks and included a full examination of the Novichok poisonings - starting with the Skripals.

Many people gave evidence, including Det Sgt Nick Bailey, a police officer who was poisoned while on duty.

He was contaminated after the nerve agent was smeared on former Russian spy Mr Skripal's door handle in Salisbury in March 2018 and retired from the police force after the attack left him with ongoing health issues.

Details were also heard about the Russian suspects in the case and their movements at the time of the poisonings.

The inquiry saw pictures of the suspects on CCTV travelling between London and Salisbury, as well as in the city itself.

Investigators found images of the men with their true names on several open-source websites, including for military honours and at weddings.

The Russian government has always denied involvement in the incident and its foreign ministry has described the inquiry as a "circus".

Disguised perfume bottle

Ms Sturgess, a mother-of-three, collapsed in her flat on 30 June 2018 after being poisoned with Novichok, which had been disguised as designer perfume.

She sprayed herself with the liquid after her partner Charlie Rowley had found the perfume bottle in Salisbury and given it to her.

Ms Sturgess died in hospital on 8 July, while Mr Rowley also fell ill but recovered.

Pictures of the perfume bottle that contained the nerve agent were shown at the enquiry.

After the public section of the inquiry last year, held both in Salisbury and London, there were more closed hearings for classified information this year to allow witnesses from the security services to be questioned.

It was expected that the report could take up to a year to be published.