Tory grandee and Thatcher ally Norman Tebbit dies aged 94

He suffered grave injuries in the 1984 Brighton bombing, which left his wife, Margaret, paralysed from the neck down.

Former Cabinet minister Lord Norman Tebbit (Chris Jackson/PA)

Tory former British cabinet minister Norman Tebbit has died aged 94, his son said.

The Conservative grandee was one of Margaret Thatcher’s closest political allies and played a key role in Tory politics for a generation.