LONDON DAILY ARCHIVE

Counterterrorism Police Take Over Investigation Into Killing of Former Minister Ann Widdecombe

Scotland Yard has assumed the investigation into the killing of seventy-eight-year-old former Conservative minister and Reform UK spokesperson Ann Widdecombe in Devon. A twenty-eight-year-old British man remains in custody under terrorism legislation after police classified the case as a targeted terrorist attack.

15 July 2026 · 03:42 UTC