{"id":542553,"date":"2026-07-10T10:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542553\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T10:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:31:09","slug":"ann-widdecombe-brexit-backing-animal-loving-strictly-star-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542553\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Widdecombe: Brexit-backing, animal-loving Strictly star &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE4zYXFLUDkwZnp6V082VHFYenVtVFpDOTVYSXFlN1ZzbWk0NENvWmJ4TkJHUzhZQjlhZWg2WGdONTFKYlJnQ0xXcE5WSnJueFlNTWVnUld0QjFOQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ann Widdecombe: Brexit-backing, animal-loving Strictly star<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1veHA0R3FZMlhDdlFpOGljTjlwcjlTb1l1OWJRMXBOdHRvWFlINFlXLUFqdUdqLTFMT25BU0RYSDRVQXFzMXVuS0R5U2R6NTlFOTdLaDdibUNNdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe dies at 78<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTE5UbFlHa1RvcnQ2Y2h5YVFZUEkwS1BWRXF6X0NTUGdiWWgxOU15MmVxUk5DSWY2YlV4eHRkX0k5bGdTSXotclpwTU9WQVpyT2VNeWFXYmtrcGlhTmtGTWVoaGhFaFFIeVE1V2ZWbjlUQ0o?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe dies aged 78<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxON29STXU4QzJnaEhfcld1ZnJSUjdSc1AxNGdITXppTEwwbFdFcWNQNVdOTmNnVWN6WnIzUlFHUHYwVFlKT2loSVhhQzR6Zjl4MlFkVlpnREFpWmctV3FaUldBb1VJZUJ6WU5ka2thRkY2a1FPV2FoeWNLZVhQT015R1F3Skg2ZFhEcUJGSXF4OGN3LWstSWprZm42eVpfUktvWmNsQW5nTFIyWmR2MGsyZ3V0YlVYWFFQZGJqYXNJOFVsQTI3cWNMWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ann Widdecombe: former Tory minister, Eurosceptic and Reform UK member dies aged 78<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxOWjh5NGRDcy1BUkxQV0FfTGVmd3dIYzR6OFFfb3p3NlBzcUpHRG9WQ2tnYzZZSlN1c1JycDZ0b3dpQUc4QlRKOFhHTUplUkdtcGlhMlVuUUNXZGZkNS1FRUFfMk5kR1hVazlEWVRteTI1T0lib01PcDBGS1YtNzhnRjdHYWR2WnpYdVF4d0pKMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ann Widdecombe obituary: forthright MP and Strictly star<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ann Widdecombe: Brexit-backing, animal-loving Strictly star&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCFormer Tory minister Ann Widdecombe dies at 78&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCFormer Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe dies&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-542553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}