Widdecombe hmmmm

ITV News has learnt that Miss Widdecombe was also due to be a guest, via video call from her home, on Channel 5's Matt Allwright show at 1pm on the same day, but didn't appear.

A researcher on the show had spoken to Miss Widdecombe on the phone earlier in the afternoon to set up the interview.

After the call, the researcher exchanged messages with Miss Widdecombe, with her last message received at 12:19pm.

When the researcher then messaged again at 12:48pm requesting that Miss Widdecombe join the Zoom link in preparation for the remote interview, Ms Widdecombe did not reply.

Subsequent voice calls and messages asking if everything was ok remained unanswered.

After concerns were raised by the show's research team about the uncharacteristic lack of response by Miss Widdecombe, who was a regular on the show, they contacted her agent later on Wednesday and followed up again on Thursdav.

Posted By: SCC 28, Jul 11, 12:23:33