In this Fridays’s Mirror Daily Digest, we’ve pulled together the biggest stories of the day from Olly Murs cancelling his tour dates to the new energy bill price cap
Welcome to the Mirror’s Daily Digest, where we pull together all the best stories of the day from our News, Showbiz, Sport teams and more. This Friday, we’re taking a look at everything from Ofgem’s new energy price cap to last night’s BBC Question Time audience applauding the takedown of a Tory MP guest.
Olly Murs cancels more tour dates hours before gig after walking off stage
This afternoon, our Showbiz team reported that Olly Murs has been forced to cancel more dates on his current tour after he walked off stage during his performance last night. Olly shocked fans last night in Glasgow when he told them he couldn’t carry on after performing just five songs.
Having performed his song Kiss Me Like You Mean It, Olly told the crowd that his voice had gone and could no longer deliver a show that the audience deserved. “I can’t go on,” he said, before explaining that he would truly work things out so he could return.
The singer, who was due to perform in Manchester tonight, has confirmed the concert at the AO Arena won’t be going ahead. “Never expected to be writing this today,” a sad-looking Olly said on Instagram.
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Crash horror as two teen motorbike riders, 16 and 17, killed after car smash
Early this morning, our News team reported that two teenagers had died following a serious crash between a car and a motorbike.
Emergency services in Salford arrived to Lower Broughton Road late last night following reports of a collision, before sealing the road off near a local primary school. police said that the two teenage boys, 16 and 17, were believed to have been riding the same motorbike before colliding with a Vauxhall Viva whilst turning onto a new street.
The two teenagers were rushed to hospital, but sadly died. The driver of the car, a 24-year-old woman, stayed at the scene to assist officers, and no arrests have been made.
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BBC Question Time audience applauds at panelist’s scathing put-down of Tory MP
Last night’s broadcast of Question Time saw the audience applaud a panelist after telling a Tory MP he was ‘not helping anyone’ with his dangerous rhetoric amid a heated debate about crime.
Hashi Mohamed, a barrister and author, took exception with Dr Kieran Mullan, the Shadow Minister for Justice’s criticism of a major sentencing review, which has called for a series of politically difficult decisions in the biggest shake-up of sentencing in more than 30 years. Dr Mullan, MP for Bexhill and Battle in East Sussex, argued it is wrong to let criminals out of jail early, proposals which are set aside in the review.
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High street legend set to return 13 years after all stores were shut for good
Our Money team reported earlier today that much-loved and sadly-missed electricals chain Comet is set to be reborn after collapsing 13 years ago.
Online marketplace OnBuy.com has brought the Comet brand and is poised to relaunch the business as an internet-only store. Cas Paton, founder of OnBuy, said it planned to pump more than £10million into bringing back Comet – complete with its original branding.
Comet was founded in Hull in 1933 and started out selling batteries and radios, and grew to become a high street giant. But in what was one of the biggest high street casualties of recent years, the 236-store chain went to the wall in 2012, with 7,000 job losses, after racking up heavy losses.
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Energy bills to fall as Ofgem announces new price cap – what it means for you
Another big story from our Money team today saw Ofgem announce a new price cap, meaning that millions of households will see their energy bills fall this summer.
The price cap is going down by 7% – although there is no actual cap on how much you can pay for energy. Your bill is dependent on how much gas and electricity you use.
For the average dual fuel household paying by direct debit, their annual energy bill will fall from £1,849 to £1,720 from July – a reduction of £129.
The price cap for someone paying by pre-payment meter is falling from £1,803 a year to £1,672, and the yearly charge for someone who pays on receipt of bill is going down from £1,969 to £1,855.
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