Glastonbury attendees sing in tribute to Jo Cox

Thousands of voices rang out in unity across Glastonbury festival as crowds joined in a solemn version of We Shall Overcome to pay tribute to MP Jo Cox on Thursday.

Singer Billy Bragg led attendees in the tribute, telling the crowds it was a "terrible irony" for the event to fall on the day of the EU referendum vote.

"Whatever happens tomorrow, whatever your politics are, tomorrow morning we will have to begin the process of healing in this country," he said.

He was joined on stage by Emily Eavis, who was holding her newborn baby, and over a hundred women from the crowd dressed in Suffragette coloured sashes.

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Brigid McConville, who had worked with Ms Cox at Oxfam, organised the More In Common event at the festival.

She told the crowd she would "never forget" the moment she found out that her former colleague had been shot.

"That was only a week ago and since then there has been a massive outpouring of grief and love because it feels like the attack on Jo was an attack on all of us," she said.

The crowd then fell silent for a minute's tribute as placards bearing Mrs Cox's face were held high, before marching to The Sisterhood, the first women-only venue at the festival.