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

'Burnham's power play' and Widdecombe 'hit 21 times with a hammer'Published3 minutes agoImage caption, Andy Burnham's first full day as prime minister and fresh details about Ann Widdecombe's death dominate Wednesday's front pages. The Metro leads with reports that Widdecombe was hit on the head with a hammer 21 times on the day she was killed. Prosecutors told Westminster Magistrates' Court it was a "planned and targeted" attack carried out with a "ferocity of violence". Meanwhile, the paper also reports on Burnham's bid to cut bills as he holds his first cabinet meeting. Image caption, Similarly, the Sun reads: "Ann 'hit 21 times with hammer'". The paper draws attention to the detail that the former MP was eating her lunch at the time of the attack, reporting that a kitchen camera is said to have captured her killer entering the Dartmoor bungalow.Image caption, A picture of Joshua Kerry, the man accused of murdering Widdecombe, is front and centre on the Daily Mirror. Kerry, 28, appeared at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, after he was charged with one count of murder following an investigation led by counter terrorism detectives.Image caption, In addition to the details about how Widdecombe was killed, the Daily Express says the 8 July attack took place over just two minutes.Image caption, "Widdecombe hit 21 times with hammer," says the Daily Star, which reports that it was a gardener who found the 78-year-old "face down" in her kitchen the day after the attack.Image caption, Though Widdecombe features on the front page of the Daily Mail, the paper's main story focuses on Burnham's first pledges as prime minister - and how he might pay for them. It reports that a spokesperson for Burnham was unable to say who would pay for his "many" proposals, adding that they "seemed set to hit taxpayers for hundreds of billions of pounds".Image...