Daily Mail: 'Conscious and talking': Russian spy's daughter stages miracle recovery from Novichok poisoning with medics saying she is 'improving rapidly'... so will she be able to identify her attacker?
* Doctors said Yulia Skripal was 'improving rapidly' after exposure to Novichok
* Sources have verified Yulia, 33, is both conscious and talking, the BBC reports
* The development could prove key to the investigation into the poisoning
* Her father, ex-spy Sergei Skripal, remains in a critical but stable condition
The daughter of a former Russian double agent poisoned alongside her father in a nerve agent attack is 'conscious and talking.'
Yulia Skripal was 'improving rapidly' after being exposed to Novichok on March 4 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and is now stable in hospital, doctors said.
The BBC reports separate sources have verified Yulia, 33, is both conscious and talking.
Her father, ex-spy Sergei Skripal, remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital.
One of Mr Skripal's friends has said he believes he is being kept alive by life support machines.
Mr Skripal's niece previously said she believes he only has a '1 per cent chance' of survival.
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Update #1: Yulia Skripal no longer in critical condition, say Salisbury doctors -- The Guardian
Update #2: Yulia Skripal is 'improving rapidly and no longer in critical condition' after Salisbury nerve agent attack -- The Independent
WNU Editor: She is very lucky.
