A couple in Salisbury in the UK have become ill at a restaurant, displaying the apparent symptoms from nerve agent Novichok.

These are the same symptoms seen as nerve agent victims Sergie and Yulia Skripal, a former Russian military officer and UK intelligence double agent.

Salisbury’s centre, including roads and have been closed off until more details are available.  This location is close to Queen Elizabeth Gardens, where Dawn Sturgess was fatally poisoned by a nerve agent.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is campaigning for another referendum on Britain’s place within the European Union. He has backed an idea known as the ‘People’s Vote’.

With Britain due to leave the EU on March 29, Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plans are still rejected by many MPs, unions and business leaders. She is being urged to reconsider before a deal is made with Brussels.

May, however, stated that she is ‘irritated’ by the debate over her leadership throughout Brexit.

Two separate attacks on migrants have resulted in several injured in the state of Saxony-Anhalt this weekend.

Five Germans under the influence of alcohol attacked three Somalis, while elsewhere two Afghan teenagers were assaulted by two men on Saturday afternoon.

This comes after a range of racially motivated attacks have spiked, following Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open door policy in the rise of Europe’s 2015 migrant crisis.

US President Donald Trump is going ahead with tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports, with both sides preparing to hold talks on the disputes.

Reports indicate that the tariffs will be set at around 10 per cent, below the 25 percent announced earlier this year.

Both the US and China have already imposed 25 percent tariffs on each other’s goods, at around $50 billion.

A new Australian study has found taking aspirin daily does not prevent cardiovascular disease.

The study of more than 19,000 healthy people aged over 70 found taking 100 milligrams of aspirin a day didn’t prolong their life or significantly reduce the risk of a first heart attack or stroke.  The study also found that taking a small dose of aspirin daily could increase the risk of serious bleeding.

A southern Tasmanian woman has described the health system as similar to a third-world country.

After her stay in the Royal Hobart Hospital, Fran Spears has criticised wait times and patient safety. Spears claims she waited nine hours before receiving a bed, and waited a further seven hours for treatment.

The Queensland Teachers’ Union last month issued that a Darling Downs school withdrew a student in grade 3 after a number of behavioural issues caused her to ‘push the teacher’.

The mother has told media that the student has anxiety, depression and an undiagnosed social disorder.

QTU Vice- President Sam Pidgeon has defended the withdrawal, outlining that workplace health and safety issues are important and this directive was a ‘last resort’.

A 21 year old inmate has passed away at Brisbane’s Arthur Gorrie Correctional Facility Centre.

He was found unconscious on Saturday night, with prison officers performing CPR but the inmate could not be revived. He was pronounced dead at midnight by paramedics.

It is still unclear how the man died, however further information is being obtained by the Queensland Police Service.