The Papers: 'Burnham's power play' and Widdecombe 'hit 21 times with a hammer'

BBC News's roundup of the morning front pages says two stories dominate the papers: the death of a former MP, and the prime minister's first full day in office. Among the headlines it highlights is one describing Ann Widdecombe being hit twenty-one times with a hammer, alongside another framed as Andy Burnham's power play. Widdecombe is a former Conservative MP, and Burnham is the mayor of Greater Manchester. The feed entry itself carries no further detail beyond that survey of the front pages.

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