The former Cabinet Minister, 78, ended the previously unheard recording at 12.10pm last Wednesday. Police believe she died at around 12.30pm before being found in her kitchen of her home in Haytor, Devon, the following day

The ex-Tory minister is believed to have been attacked at her remote bungalow in Haytor, on Dartmoor, at around 12.30pm on Wednesday.

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A 26-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murdering the former MP has been released from custody

Devon police working on assumption the former politician was attacked on Wednesday afternoon

Police release murder suspect and say they believe Ms Widdecombe was killed on Wednesday afternoon, as her last known hours become clearer

The mystery of the murder of Ann Widdecombe continues as police try to piece together her movements on the final day of her life - here is the timeline of the events as detectives…

Ann Widdecombe defended Nigel Farage’s re-election bid in Clacton as “the right course to take” in her final TV interview just a day before her death at the age of 78. The former…

Police investigating the death of the former MP Ann Widdecombe say they now believe she was attacked at home nearly 24 hours before her body was discovered on Thursday morning.

The former politician and Strictly Come Dancing alum was due to speak on ITV Channel 5's Matt Allwright show, and communicated with a producer moments before her death

Former Tory minister Widdecombe is believed to have died at around 12.30pm on Wednesday, but wasn't discovered at her Devon home until nearly the same time the following day

Former cabinet minister Ann Widdecombe was engaged in conversation with a researcher on Channel 5's Matt Alwright show when her messages suddenly stopped without explanation.

Police believe Ms Widdecombe was attacked just minutes after she sent her last text to staff at Channel 5

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What we know so far about events surrounding the death of the former Conservative MP at her home

The 'abject terror' Ann Widdecombe must have endured in her final minutes has troubled her family more than anything in the wake of her brutal murder.

Ann Widdecombe, 78, a minister under John Major and Reform UK's recent immigration spokeswoman, was due on Channel 5; after speaking with producers 30 minutes earlier, she stopped…

Officers say decision made after ‘new information and evidence has come to light’

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A repeat of Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House, featuring Ann Widdecombe, aired on TV, just days before the former MP and MEP was found dead at her bungalow

The right-wing politician was found dead at her home in England last week after appearing on TV from there a day earlier.