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ITV News First To Tweet News Of Thatcher Death
- Press Gazette, Monday, April 8, 2013 3:05 PM
Press Association broke the news of Baroness Thatcher's death to its subscribers after receiving a call from her spokesman Lord Bell. His statement said: "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning. A further statement will be made later." ITV's Twitter feed, @ITVNews, broke the news with a link to a short story at 12.48pm – a minute after PA put out the news.
