Shane MacGowan’s wife says Christmas Day without Pogues singer physically hurts

“I don’t know how people get through this but I do know that they do and people do feel joy even after they lose their person.”

Shane MacGowan with his wife Victoria Mary Clarke. (Liam McBurney/PA)

The wife of Shane MacGowan has said her first Christmas without The Pogues frontman “physically hurts”.

The musician, who died weeks before he was due to celebrate his 66th birthday on Christmas Day, was best known for co-writing and singing the gritty festive song Fairytale Of New York.