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Jo Cox is remembered a week on from her death

The murdered Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox has been remembered in her constituency exactly a week after she was killed.

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Minute's silence for Jo Cox in Birstall market place

A minute's silence will be held in Birstalll this lunchtime - a week on from the murder of the MP Jo Cox.

It's being held in Birstall market place between 12.50 pm and 1.50 pm - just yards from the scene of the shooting and stabbing of the Batley and Spen MP as she left a constituency surgery.

Minute's silence for Jo Cox

Yesterday thousands of people across the world marked what would have been the MPs 42nd birthday at vigils and gatherings. Her sister, Kim Leadbetter spoke movingly at a tribute in Batley, also attended by her parents.

Crowds at Batley birthday tribute Credit: PA

Meanwhile the man accused of her murder, 52-year-old Tommy Mair, is due at the Old Bailey this morning for a preliminary hearing. He's also charged with greivous bodily harm and possession of weapons.

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