'Sick' Doherty bows out of gig

Pete Doherty pulled out of a concert in Manchester on Friday just hours before he was due onstage.

The Babyshambles frontman was scheduled to play a solo show at the city's The Ritz venue, but cancelled less than two hours before doors were set to open, blaming an unspecified "illness".

The concert has now been rescheduled for Wednesday.