You became one of the most extraordinary figures in British politics. A national icon, a man of conscience and controversy, of biting wit and down-to-earth wisdom, qualities that you wrapped up in the sort of personal courage that few people are ever called upon to show in peacetime.

The funeral service for former Conservative cabinet minister Norman Tebbit has been held at the cathedral in the town where he lived. Lord Tebbit died at his home in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on 7 July, aged 94. He was injured in an IRA bombing in Brighton in 1984, which left his wife Margaret permanently paralysed.

Conservative grandee Lord Tebbit, who was one of Margaret Thatcher’s closest political allies, died on July 7 aged 94.

One of the defining politicians of his age, Norman Tebbit, who has died aged 94, was among Margaret Thatcher's most steadfast supporters and acted as her cabinet enforcer.

Norman Tebbit, who has died at the age of 94, was at the heart of Margaret Thatcher's political revolution. He was a man whose philosophy of self-reliance formed the core of his political beliefs.

Among the mourners at the funeral were Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and Lord Jeffrey Archer. | ITV News Anglia