Inside Ann Widdecombe’s quiet Dartmoor life – a world away from Westminster politics and celebrity culture

Ann Widdecombe moved to Haytor Vale to get away from it all, setting herself up ‘for the rest of my days’. But as an outspoken celebrity politician, she was somewhat of an anomaly in village life, as Jacqui Merrington found out


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