Olly Murs moved fans to tears during his set for Radio 2 in the Park in Chelmsford on Sunday.

The singer, 41, dedicated a heartfelt performance to his late friend and former co-presenter Caroline Flack.

Murs, who rose to fame on The X Factor in 2009 and went on to score chart-topping hits with Heart Skips A Beat, Dance With Me Tonight and Troublemaker, returned to his home county of Essex for the BBC festival.

Performing to a packed Main Stage crowd, Murs paused mid-set to introduce one of his most personal songs, Dear Darlin’.

‘This next song is one of the hardest songs for me to sing,’ he told the audience.

‘Five years ago, I lost a really important person in my life, Miss Caroline Flack. She took her own life five years ago, someone I miss every day, someone that I wish was here to

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