Ann Widdecombe funeral RECAP updates as ex-MP laid to rest

NewsCelebsIn The NewsLIVE EVENT ENDEDUpdated 5 mins agoThe Reform UK spokeswoman was killed last monthAnn Widdecombe's personal assistant Harriet Bastide and mourners arriving for the funeral(Image: Matt Keeble/PA Wire)Updated 16:42, 12 Aug 2026Mourners have started to arrive at the funeral service of former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe. Family, friends and colleagues are gathering at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, a Catholic abbey where she regularly worshipped.Miss Widdecombe, 78, died on July 8 after she was hit over the head with a hammer 21 times at her home in Haytor on Dartmoor, Devon.Joshua Kerry, 28, of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, was charged with her murder on July 20.Click here to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily NewsletterThe private requiem mass wi